William H. Macy

Physically, he can do it. Physically, yeah. Okay.

Physically, he can do it. Physically, yeah. Okay.

The aforementioned, he don't give a shit. He's going to do what he's going to do. You can think whatever you want, but he's so self-assured. Even when he did Capote, it was without looking down. Yeah.

The aforementioned, he don't give a shit. He's going to do what he's going to do. You can think whatever you want, but he's so self-assured. Even when he did Capote, it was without looking down. Yeah.

And it's not right, because a lot of times when I think about quality, I think about can they do rewrites quickly? Do you think he could do that? Or is it just he can take the text and crush it? He can take the text and crush it.

And it's not right, because a lot of times when I think about quality, I think about can they do rewrites quickly? Do you think he could do that? Or is it just he can take the text and crush it? He can take the text and crush it.

I did Magnolia and Boogie Nights with him, and I have no memory of him saying, could you change this line or whatever? nope he took what he had and he just made it great also his emotional life just showed if he felt it you could see it on his face he's just one of those lucky actors that is um a raw nerve and you think that that's it's i i'm not a blessing in life

I did Magnolia and Boogie Nights with him, and I have no memory of him saying, could you change this line or whatever? nope he took what he had and he just made it great also his emotional life just showed if he felt it you could see it on his face he's just one of those lucky actors that is um a raw nerve and you think that that's it's i i'm not a blessing in life

Probably not. No, but, but it is, it's one of the, as an actor, you go, man, have you ever tried to get raw or raw or, and I don't even know how, how you would approach that. Like, I'm asking that as like, is that a thing a person could do? I think so.

Probably not. No, but, but it is, it's one of the, as an actor, you go, man, have you ever tried to get raw or raw or, and I don't even know how, how you would approach that. Like, I'm asking that as like, is that a thing a person could do? I think so.

As I said, sometimes I need to go deeper, you know, find where it touches me and go there a little bit and access some of my pain a little bit more. But also... I think for a long time I was a dutiful actor, and maybe it's because Dave was my teacher and he's the greatest writer of our time, so I would dutifully learn the lines and I was slavish to them. And not everybody writes like Dave.

As I said, sometimes I need to go deeper, you know, find where it touches me and go there a little bit and access some of my pain a little bit more. But also... I think for a long time I was a dutiful actor, and maybe it's because Dave was my teacher and he's the greatest writer of our time, so I would dutifully learn the lines and I was slavish to them. And not everybody writes like Dave.

So there were some scripts, and it's ad-libbing after a fashion, but it's just rounding it out. You know, don't... I was so precise with the script, and... I don't know if that fits the definition of raw, but perhaps it's more realistic, make it a little more ragged around the edges and realistic.

So there were some scripts, and it's ad-libbing after a fashion, but it's just rounding it out. You know, don't... I was so precise with the script, and... I don't know if that fits the definition of raw, but perhaps it's more realistic, make it a little more ragged around the edges and realistic.

Do you do that by kind of thinking and trying to embody something?

Do you do that by kind of thinking and trying to embody something?

Well, my technique is you don't have to feel anything. That will happen... whether you want it to or not, including those times when you think you feel nothing. It's not nothing. And like Phil Hoffman, you know, there's no such thing. It's nothing with him. There's just so much going on. And the camera is really good at finding it.

Well, my technique is you don't have to feel anything. That will happen... whether you want it to or not, including those times when you think you feel nothing. It's not nothing. And like Phil Hoffman, you know, there's no such thing. It's nothing with him. There's just so much going on. And the camera is really good at finding it.

And if you've got talent at this, it just comes out, irrespective of your efforts to keep it bottled up. Yeah. I figure out what the character wants, which is one question. This is what Dave Mamet brought to it. There's a difference between what the character wants and is doing than what the actor is doing. They're... They're very similar, but they're not the same.

And if you've got talent at this, it just comes out, irrespective of your efforts to keep it bottled up. Yeah. I figure out what the character wants, which is one question. This is what Dave Mamet brought to it. There's a difference between what the character wants and is doing than what the actor is doing. They're... They're very similar, but they're not the same.