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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
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Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike LA, I just don't think it's a very healthy place for me to be all the time. When I'm shooting a movie there and am working I'm perfectly happy. But when I'm not working or engaged in something it's a place that I wouldn't live.
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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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I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.
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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 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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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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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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