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I don't have a preference between theatre and film I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.
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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Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.
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Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.
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Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.
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Truth is, generally I like film festivals somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.
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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 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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