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I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
Willem Dafoe
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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.
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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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There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.
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I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.
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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.
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I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method.
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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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It makes me laugh when I hear a guy talking about being in touch with his feminine side. But I gravitate towards women, I identify with them. And I do cry very easily, more and more as I get older.
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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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I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.
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Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.
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I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set.
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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.
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I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump.
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I'm an optimist. I hope if a movie's good that it will be a success, but as we know, that's not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns - there's lots of reasons.
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I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.
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I love Sam Neill. The thing that I always say about him, and I think it's true, is he's so dry. When he's serious, I think he's joking when he's joking, I think he's serious.
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