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Willem Dafoe (Actor)

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

— Willem Dafoe world

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 to compare it to something they've seen before.

— Willem Dafoe want

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 wonder, from not knowing.

— Willem Dafoe work

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.

— Willem Dafoe time

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

— Willem Dafoe self

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 yourself with.'

— Willem Dafoe strength

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

— Willem Dafoe time

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.

— Willem Dafoe bad

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

— Willem Dafoe family

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.

— Willem Dafoe life

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.

— Willem Dafoe time

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.

— Willem Dafoe time

It's no fun for an actor to keep repeating what you did before. It's always changing. I'm changing. The target keeps moving. That's the beauty of it.

— Willem Dafoe beauty

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

— Willem Dafoe wisdom

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 I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump.

— Willem Dafoe time

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.

— Willem Dafoe choices

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.

— Willem Dafoe love

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.

— Willem Dafoe family

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

— Willem Dafoe sin

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.

— Willem Dafoe women

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

— Willem Dafoe inspiration

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

— Willem Dafoe you

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

— Willem Dafoe people

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

— Willem Dafoe choices

I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.

— Willem Dafoe life

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