William H. Macy - 'Train Dreams' [LIVE]

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In front of an audience at the Access Canada Summit in Toronto, the consummate character actor reflects on his fateful crossing of paths in the late '60s with David Mamet, his feelings about often being cast as "losers" (e.g. 'Fargo' and 'The Cooler') and why he was "swept away" by the script for Clint Bentley's new film about the American character. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.3	Hi everyone and thank you for joining us for this very special episode of the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast being recorded in front of an audience in Toronto at the Access Canada Summit, powered by the Hollywood Reporter, during the 50th Toronto International Film Festival.
0:58.2	I'm Scott Feinberg, THR's executive editor of awards coverage and host of the podcast,
1:02.1	and I'm so thrilled and honored to be joined today by a true great.
1:07.4	An actor, writer, director, and producer who has distinguished himself over some 50 years on the stage and screens big and small.
1:10.3	Accumulating along the way two Emmy Awards and
1:12.7	four SAG Awards, as well as an Academy Award nomination, two Spirit Award nominations, and five
1:18.6	Golden Globe Award nominations. Best known for films like Fargo, Boogie Nights, and Pleasantville,
1:24.8	TV programs including ER, Door to Door, and Shameless, and many theatrical
1:29.2	collaborations with David Mamet. He has been described by the Los Angeles Times as chameleonic,
1:35.1	by the New York Times as dizzingly versatile, and by the Guardian as someone whose name on a movie
1:41.4	has been one of those reassuring elements that tend to suggest
1:44.4	the movie in question might actually be worth watching, a badge of quality.
1:49.8	One film that is absolutely worth watching is Train Dreams, which premiered earlier this year
1:54.6	at the Sundance Film Festival, is playing at the Toronto International Film Festival, and will
1:59.5	be released by Netflix in theaters on November
2:01.6	7th and on its streaming platform on November 21st.
2:05.6	Co-adapted from Dennis Johnson's 2011 novella of the same name, by the team behind Jockey and Sing
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