William H. Macy

You do the scene and if it just breaks out this way that everyone shoots their stuff first and you're last, when you get to that moment, you've done it a dozen times for other people's coverage and because it's your close-up, I'm going to do it a little better. Right. It's a recipe for disaster. You can't do it better. Just keep doing it. There's no right, there's no wrong. There's only...

You do the scene and if it just breaks out this way that everyone shoots their stuff first and you're last, when you get to that moment, you've done it a dozen times for other people's coverage and because it's your close-up, I'm going to do it a little better. Right. It's a recipe for disaster. You can't do it better. Just keep doing it. There's no right, there's no wrong. There's only...

full or i don't know what it is but change it up every time and just do what's required and don't try to add to it are there any can you think of any anecdotes where you were sort of worried about somebody else's business or coverage or or or just in a movie or whatever where you and then you're like you realize like fucking just do your job bill

full or i don't know what it is but change it up every time and just do what's required and don't try to add to it are there any can you think of any anecdotes where you were sort of worried about somebody else's business or coverage or or or just in a movie or whatever where you and then you're like you realize like fucking just do your job bill

Yeah, the first half of my career. I was just an angry artist and pissed off all the time. And it just didn't help. I mean, and we've all had this experience. Somebody's on the set and you go, he's not doing anything, man. That is flat. God, every time the scene comes to him, the lines come to him, this thing just deflates. And then you see the cut, you see the movie and he's great.

Yeah, the first half of my career. I was just an angry artist and pissed off all the time. And it just didn't help. I mean, and we've all had this experience. Somebody's on the set and you go, he's not doing anything, man. That is flat. God, every time the scene comes to him, the lines come to him, this thing just deflates. And then you see the cut, you see the movie and he's great.

Yeah.

Yeah.

He's great.

He's great.

And you guys all seem like you're overdoing it.

And you guys all seem like you're overdoing it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. And what do you consider the first and second half of your career? Because you had a lot of... I mean, you got nominated for Academy Award in 1996. Were you any good at acting then?

Yeah. And what do you consider the first and second half of your career? Because you had a lot of... I mean, you got nominated for Academy Award in 1996. Were you any good at acting then?

I think I have a certain talent for it, and that's God-given. In terms of technique... I would say Shameless changed everything because I got my 10,000 hours in.

I think I have a certain talent for it, and that's God-given. In terms of technique... I would say Shameless changed everything because I got my 10,000 hours in.

Yeah.

Yeah.