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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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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.
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I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
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Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.
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All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.
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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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In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.
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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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Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.
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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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Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
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