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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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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Performing Artist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.
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The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.
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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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The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
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When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.
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The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.
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I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested in a lot of things. I was a pretty normal guy. I wasn't like a guy who grew up in a dark theater watching movies.
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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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It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.
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I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!
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A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.
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Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.
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The truth is I like the crazy ones better than the well-behaved ones normally because they tend to be the passionate ones. They never come after you if you're holding up your end. The only thing that's bad about an abusive director is that they bully the people they can.
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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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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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