William H. Macy

Yeah. Now I have some notes. Yeah. Mamet strikes me as the kind of guy who was like, no, I'm way ahead of you. I figured that out.

Yeah. Now I have some notes. Yeah. Mamet strikes me as the kind of guy who was like, no, I'm way ahead of you. I figured that out.

I heard an actor come up to Dave and said, I'm really uncomfortable about this moment. And Dave said, you are? I'm so happy for you and walked away. And Dave's right. You're not supposed to be uncomfortable. You can't be comfortable.

I heard an actor come up to Dave and said, I'm really uncomfortable about this moment. And Dave said, you are? I'm so happy for you and walked away. And Dave's right. You're not supposed to be uncomfortable. You can't be comfortable.

We're not making a piece glorifying you.

We're not making a piece glorifying you.

No. You've got two forces and one of them is going to win. It's got to be uncomfortable. That's why they call it drama.

No. You've got two forces and one of them is going to win. It's got to be uncomfortable. That's why they call it drama.

Yep. And what do you think that you're best at? Do you think that you get... If you're best at acting versus writing, directing, producing, what sort of acting are you best at? Or what sort of character? Or do you have a preference?

Yep. And what do you think that you're best at? Do you think that you get... If you're best at acting versus writing, directing, producing, what sort of acting are you best at? Or what sort of character? Or do you have a preference?

I seem to put humor in everything I do, even the straight-ahead dramas. It's the Mike Nichols rule. If you want people to cry, tell a joke first. And if you want people to laugh, do something sad. It's the whipsawing our emotions. I like comedies. I think we need to laugh these days. But really, I like it all.

I seem to put humor in everything I do, even the straight-ahead dramas. It's the Mike Nichols rule. If you want people to cry, tell a joke first. And if you want people to laugh, do something sad. It's the whipsawing our emotions. I like comedies. I think we need to laugh these days. But really, I like it all.

I like it all. Yeah. You just like doing the job.

I like it all. Yeah. You just like doing the job.

Yeah. I'm a Lutheran from Western Maryland, something of a coward. So when it comes to the heavy, heavy, tragic dramas.

Yeah. I'm a Lutheran from Western Maryland, something of a coward. So when it comes to the heavy, heavy, tragic dramas.

I have to be goaded a little bit to go there. I don't like- To be interested in it as a, to do it, to literally to take the part? Sometimes to do it.

I have to be goaded a little bit to go there. I don't like- To be interested in it as a, to do it, to literally to take the part? Sometimes to do it.

And then as I'm doing it, to go deeper. And that's hard to say to an actor, but I married well. And Felicity, a couple of times has said, I think you need to go a little deeper. I would skim across the top.

And then as I'm doing it, to go deeper. And that's hard to say to an actor, but I married well. And Felicity, a couple of times has said, I think you need to go a little deeper. I would skim across the top.