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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.

Willem Dafoe

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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Performing Artist
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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I'm no different to anyone else I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me.
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