William H. Macy

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

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

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

“I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.”

“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.”

“Yeah, I made it. It sneaks up on you. You're some schmuck and you wake up one day and you go, Good God, I'm the cheese.”

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

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