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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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Willem Dafoe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: July 22
Film Actor
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Voice Actor
Appleton
Wisconsin
William J. Willem Dafoe
William James Dafoe
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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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The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.
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The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.
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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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Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.
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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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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 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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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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There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.
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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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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.
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The bad things about theatre get balanced by the good things in film and vice versa. So to tell you the truth, I love it when I can go back and forth - it feeds different parts of you and exercises different muscles.
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In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.
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I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.
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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 don't have a preference between theatre and film I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.
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Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.
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I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.
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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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