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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-m-no-different-to-anyone-else-i-want-people-to-like-me-i-just-don-t/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

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## More by Willem Dafoe

> [I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-was-doing-community-theater-and-i-was-always-interested-in-acting/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-knew-very-little-about-spider-man-i-grew-up-more-in-the-superman/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/when-you-have-something-to-work-with-then-you-fly-with-it/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/when-i-was-a-kid-i-was-very-interested-in-the-idea-of-the-will/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/film-is-an-editor-s-medium-you-can-create-very-good-raw-material-and/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-m-more-interested-in-talking-about-what-i-do-and-i-don-t-think/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/mounting-those-red-stairs-in-cannes-is-something-i-ve-done-with-a/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/in-films-you-do-a-scene-you-play-around-with-it-and-unless-you-re/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/for-every-role-you-have-to-always-find-a-different-way-to-approach-it/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/celebrity-is-okay-as-long-as-you-know-it-s-not-about-you/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/all-the-time-as-an-actor-you-want-to-be-asking-what-s-next-and-where/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-m-learning-in-my-old-age-that-the-only-thing-you-can-do-to-keep/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-was-watching-wild-at-heart-and-i-can-honestly-say-i-did-nothing-for/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/truth-is-generally-i-like-film-festivals-somewhere-at-some-level/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

> [I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-don-t-think-people-are-interested-in-my-personal-life-i-ve-never/)

[Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/)

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