William H. Macy

“I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.”

“Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.”

“If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.”

“That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.”

“It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.”

“I do them all for the money, I really do.”

“I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams.”

“When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then.”

“I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.”

“Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.”

“We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.”

“I have a tendency to say yes to a script or no to a script. Not yes based on a rewrite.”

“The bar raises as you go.”

“I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.”

“A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.”

“Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.”

“Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.”

“Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.”

“I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.”

“The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.”