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A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.

William H. Macy

Movies

Theater

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.

William H. Macy

Dreams

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

William H. Macy

Writing

I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

William H. Macy

Kids

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

William H. Macy

Violence

I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.

William H. Macy

Job

Want

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

William H. Macy

Money

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

William H. Macy

Work

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

William H. Macy

Character

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

William H. Macy

Actors

Preparation

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.

Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.

William H. Macy

Actor

Childhood

Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.

William H. Macy

God

Day