William H. Macy

I know, but it's not our job. I did 11 years on Shameless and that's where I really learned how to act. I had a lot of theories, but the thing about Shameless was that it ran 11 years. So if you blew that scene, there's another scene coming, calm down. And if you blew the whole episode, there's another episode coming. And if you blew the whole year, also you just get exhausted.

I know, but it's not our job. I did 11 years on Shameless and that's where I really learned how to act. I had a lot of theories, but the thing about Shameless was that it ran 11 years. So if you blew that scene, there's another scene coming, calm down. And if you blew the whole episode, there's another episode coming. And if you blew the whole year, also you just get exhausted.

And I realized if I'm worried about my fellow actor, and that he or she isn't doing a good job, dollars to donuts, I'm not doing a good job. Because my energy is being wasted on something I have no control over.

And I realized if I'm worried about my fellow actor, and that he or she isn't doing a good job, dollars to donuts, I'm not doing a good job. Because my energy is being wasted on something I have no control over.

The speed is probably a little faster too, right?

The speed is probably a little faster too, right?

Oh, it's a blessing. It's just a blessing. the amount of scenes you're shooting in a day. Yeah, because it's your first impulses always, which are the best.

Oh, it's a blessing. It's just a blessing. the amount of scenes you're shooting in a day. Yeah, because it's your first impulses always, which are the best.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think one of the hardest things in acting, truly, is knowing when to quit. You do the moment, and if it's full and it's there, stop. Don't try to do it better. there was a great moment.

I think one of the hardest things in acting, truly, is knowing when to quit. You do the moment, and if it's full and it's there, stop. Don't try to do it better. there was a great moment.

Uh, the shameless style of shooting was we had two camera crews all the time and, uh, we call it shameless shooting, but, uh, they would, they would shoot each other sometimes because we would do, there'd be a three page scene and it starts in the kitchen and it goes upstairs and then back down and then into the living room. We do them all as one.

Uh, the shameless style of shooting was we had two camera crews all the time and, uh, we call it shameless shooting, but, uh, they would, they would shoot each other sometimes because we would do, there'd be a three page scene and it starts in the kitchen and it goes upstairs and then back down and then into the living room. We do them all as one.

And the poor camera crews were racing ahead, racing to keep. And I'd hear the guys, the, the, the camera guys go, I'm, I'm tired of shooting him. I'm going to shoot her. Okay. You shoot her. I'm going to take him. And the director is just sitting there going, okay, okay. As opposed to the curated thing, you know, that's off the shot list.

And the poor camera crews were racing ahead, racing to keep. And I'd hear the guys, the, the, the camera guys go, I'm, I'm tired of shooting him. I'm going to shoot her. Okay. You shoot her. I'm going to take him. And the director is just sitting there going, okay, okay. As opposed to the curated thing, you know, that's off the shot list.

And in the third episode of the first season, I went to the DP and I said, when are we going to get to my moment? And he said, what moment? And I said, you know, this, when I say that. And he said, oh, dude, you're done. That was the second shot. And it was liberating. Oh, great. Because...

And in the third episode of the first season, I went to the DP and I said, when are we going to get to my moment? And he said, what moment? And I said, you know, this, when I say that. And he said, oh, dude, you're done. That was the second shot. And it was liberating. Oh, great. Because...

immediately or were you pissed and then it was literally no no it was one of those kadoing moments where i saw reality because i was intimately aware that um

immediately or were you pissed and then it was literally no no it was one of those kadoing moments where i saw reality because i was intimately aware that um