William H. Macy Quotations

I do them all for the money, I really do.

What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.

It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.

We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.

There are statistics out that say 20 year olds, 18 years olds think about sex 90 percent of the time. They only don't think about sex when they're eating, and that's rare.

I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.

I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

Somebody's gotta stand up and say pubic hair is good, murder is bad. Sex is good, violence is bad.