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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.
Willem Dafoe
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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
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Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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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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When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.
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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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Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much.
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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've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.
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The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.
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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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I was born William. My father was William. I came from a big family, I hated being called Billy. Willem's a nickname it's a Dutch name, very common in the Netherlands.
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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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Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.
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The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.
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When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.
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The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.
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I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
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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'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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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.
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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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