William H. Macy

fourth show or something i had a really nice moment i went to the dp and i said when are you gonna you know get my moment there my close-up and he said what close-up and i said you know in this scene when are you gonna he said oh dude you're done that was the second shot of the day whoa

and it was liberating yeah it was liberating because you know they put the camera on you and go okay do it better which is the kiss of death you can't do it better right just do it fully yes directors were there any directors who made you do it like 80 times i've worked with directors who do take after take after take and is it is it really tough

I find it sometimes a waste of time unless you're doing something different.

The nuances are so minor.

It doesn't matter.

Dave Mamet, who's the smartest guy I know, he says the audience only wants to know one thing.

What happens next?

They don't care about the emotions of it.

They don't care about anything.

Backstory.

It's all jive.

What happens next?

Yeah, it ended up in American Buffalo.

Yeah, he'd come over.

He's a whirlwind.

I live with Stephen Schachter, and we had an apartment on Clark Street, and Dave was staying at the Hotel Lincoln.

That's where he lived.

in a room about the size of this couch.

You had to step out in the hall to change your mind.

And he'd come over and he'd go, Billy, Stevie, I got this idea.