Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down Podcast.

My guest today is a personal favorite, hopefully one of yours as well.

A guy who's been around acting on stage and on screen for nearly 50 years now, William

H. Macy.

When you hear William H. Macy, what's the first thought that comes to your head?

Probably Fargo and Jerry Lundergaard.

You got an Oscar nomination for that.

Or perhaps more recently, shameless jumps to mind.

For the middle of season 9 of that great show on Showtime where he starred for nine seasons

as the unapologetic addict and deadbeat dad, Frank Gallagher.

We talk about that.

We talk about a long road to success from what he describes as a hippie college up in Vermont

where he met his mentor and fame playwright David Mammoth.

They've been working together ever since.

That's almost 50 years ago.

Talks about auditioning for Fargo.

We get into Fargo.

Hilarious story about auditioning for the Cohen brothers.

He read that script, knew he wanted it, and Whittly here the links he went to land the

role that most certainly changed his career and changed his life.

We also talk about his 21 year marriage to fellow actor Felicity Huffman, how they've supported

each other on this long road through Hollywood and how they've kind of risen together in the

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