William H. Macy

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

We all want to be 20 again and have that first sense of love.

The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

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

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.

That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.

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

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

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

When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.

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

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

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

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

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

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.

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.

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.