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67 quotes by Willem Dafoe

William J. "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. Dafoe is a member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. He has appeared in films such as Platoon, Affliction, Off Limits, Streets of Fire, To Live and Die in L.A., Born on the Fourth of July, The English Patient, The Last Temptation of Christ, Mississippi Burning, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Boondock Saints, Shadow of the Vampire, Spider-Man, The...
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Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

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I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from... →

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A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush... →

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The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express... →

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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... →

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You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

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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... →

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Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction.

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Corruption is something you face all the time. Avoid it.

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I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method.

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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'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like... →

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There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

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