William H. Macy

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews William H. Macy (Shameless, Fargo, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Seabiscuit, Pleasantville & many more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Intro 1:19 Serendipitous 2:27 Becoming an Actor 5:32 Different roles he’s played 6:21 David Mamet 10:10 Meddler 16:00 Adlibbing vs writing 22:50 Sponsor: The Perfect Jean 24:46 Sponsor: Mando 26:23 Procrastinator 32:00 Going deeper in his acting 34:54 Aging as an actor 39:25 Sponsor: BetterHelp 40:40 Sponsor: The Ridge Wallet 42:31 Fatherhood 47:40 Too Honest 55:04 Fargo 57:23 Boogie Nights 59:15 What makes Phillip Seymour Hoffman great 1:01:00 Acting techniques 1:05:50 Accepting Himself 1:08:30 Seabiscuit & Pleasantville 1:11:30 Shameless 1:12:39 Woody Creek Distillers 1:15:40 Continuing to Work ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) Sponsors: F*%k your khakis and get The Perfect Jean 15% off with the code [NEAL15] at theperfectjean.nyc/NEAL15 #theperfectjeanpod Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @shop.mando and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code [NEAL] at Mandopodcast.com/NEAL #mandopod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/neal and get on your way to being your best self. Take advantage of Ridge’s once-a-year anniversary sale and get UP TO 40% Off right now by going to https://www.Ridge.com/[NEAL] #Ridgepod Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks ---------------------------------------------------------- #podcast #comedy #mentalhealth #standup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:00.8	My guest today is, uh, it's...
0:03.6	William A.mese.
0:04.8	Oh, fuck, hell.
0:05.7	Come on, man.
0:06.7	I thought you had gone up.
0:07.9	No, no, no.
0:09.0	Oh, you thought I forgot my line?
0:10.7	Yeah.
0:11.6	Um, listen to this resume.
0:13.2	He did a, he did a whole bunch of Mamet plays.
0:15.2	And then they became movies, and he was in those as well.
0:18.8	Fargo, Academy Award nominee. became movies and he was in those as well fargo academy award nominee boogie nights magnolia house
0:22.9	a game sea biscuit pleasantville wild hogs which you have a sweet you have a soft spot for you know you do
0:28.5	did shameless for 10 years 11 11 who's counting so who's coming well um he's also uh got a alcohol he's going to tell us all about he's an
0:40.6	interesting unique guy he's a woods woodsman woodcraft and craftsman carpenter carpenter and uh we have
0:48.0	nice chemistry i think so far and his name he already told you, Bill Macy. Welcome, sir.
0:55.0	It's good to be here.
0:56.8	Now, Bill, from the outside end, it looks like things are going pretty well for you, your life.
1:05.9	It's correct.
1:06.9	They are.
1:07.7	Are you surprised or did you always think it might go well?
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