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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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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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Wrong
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Must
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Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not.
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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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It makes me laugh when I hear a guy talking about being in touch with his feminine side. But I gravitate towards women, I identify with them. And I do cry very easily, more and more as I get older.
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I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less careful. Your choices become more instinctive, and you feel like if you make a mistake, it won't destroy you.
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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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Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.
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Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.
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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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That's a frustration sometimes, that certain directors that I'd like to work with, they just aren't doing stories that I'm sort of castable in. Not always, but sometimes I have that frustration.
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I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.
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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 worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
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Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.
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I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!
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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.
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The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.
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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 want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.
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I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
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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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