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The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.

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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
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Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.
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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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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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I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.
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I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing with your voice, as opposed to having a natural manner. I'm a theater actor first, so that probably influences a lot of my approach. And I think in many ways, naturalism has ruined movies.
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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 don't think people want to see me as a regular guy. Besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.
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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama' I run in the opposite direction.
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It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a certain way and you've got a certain kind of presence when you're young, then what's available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you're young tend to be villains.
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All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions, you're not growing.
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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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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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Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.
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The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.
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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's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.
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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'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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Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.
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