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I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.
Willem Dafoe
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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
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Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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It's no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It's always changing. I'm changing. The target keeps moving. That's the beauty of it.
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The bad things about theatre get balanced by the good things in film and vice versa. So to tell you the truth, I love it when I can go back and forth - it feeds different parts of you and exercises different muscles.
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It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity to roll up your sleeves with younger directors.
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I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them.
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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
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I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.
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Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.
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I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through the characters.
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It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.
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I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.
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I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike LA, I just don't think it's a very healthy place for me to be all the time. When I'm shooting a movie there and am working I'm perfectly happy. But when I'm not working or engaged in something it's a place that I wouldn't live.
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Usually when you meet with a director, just meeting them after you've seen something you're interested in, they say, Oh I'd love to work together, and sometimes you never hear from them again.
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I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy. Besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.
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Emotionally men and women are different, but only as a result of the physical differences. It all comes back to our bodies.
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Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences.
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I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.
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The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
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I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.
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Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.
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