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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.
Willem Dafoe
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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
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Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.
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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 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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The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
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My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn't care what I got up to.
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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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