William H. Macy

“Fear is a good thing. It's your compass.”

“Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes.”

“It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.”

“Learn to act. And when you're done, learn to act again.”

“If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring.”

“I’ve always felt that the best business advice I can give to people is to be a decent human being.”

“You have to have a thick skin to be in this business.”

“I'm a workaholic. I love to work. I love to be on a set.”

“I think it's our job to be trailblazers and to be bold and to be brave.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a 'what's the line?' actor.”

“You can't be a storyteller and a speechmaker at the same time.”

“The reason to make a movie is because you have a story that you can't not tell.”

“I've learned that you can't have any secrets. It's so much better to just be honest.”

“I think the camera is a wonderful machine, but it's a dumb machine. It's an indiscriminate machine.”

“It's a great time to be a character actor. The movies are getting more and more character-driven.”