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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Willem Dafoe

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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Performing Artist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
Simply
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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 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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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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I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.
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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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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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It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.
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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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I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.
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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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As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.
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I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
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Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.
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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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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.
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