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I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.
Willem Dafoe
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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
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Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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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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Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with 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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Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
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My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn't care what I got up to.
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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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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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I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside. They don't waste energy marching to the same drummer most of us do. It gives us an opportunity to look at things in a different way, which is the purest thing cinema can do.
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Trust is always a factor. You've just got to look at the big picture, and you've got to look at the small picture - the small picture in the sense that you've got to make every scene work and you've got to deal with what people are presenting you with, too.
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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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