Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
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… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
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.… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
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… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested in a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I knew very little about 'Spider-Man'. I grew up more in the 'Superman' generation. 'Spider-Man' - I didn't know so much. But it is… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Film is an editor's medium. You can create very good raw material and they can make it horrible, or you can do not so… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in talking about what I do. And I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Mounting those red stairs [in Cannes] is something I've done with a very different intention many times. So it's interesting any time you witness… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
In films you do a scene, you play around with it and unless you're doing a lot of reshooting, which no one has the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
For every role, you have to always find a different way to approach it, one that's specific and suits what the key is. Every… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
All the time, as an actor, you want to be asking what's next and where things are going. If you're not asking those questions,… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
![“Mounting those red stairs [in Cannes] is something I've done with a very different intention many times. So it's interesting any time you witness those shifts of perspective. The beach scenes were also fun. It felt very strange and very theatrical to kind of commandeer it and have La Mer booming…” quote by Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/66b/willem-dafoe-4486_beach_mounting-those-red-stairs-in-cannes-is-s_175324.jpg)
