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> [The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/the-best-thing-an-actor-can-be-is-ready-be-flexible-be-ready/)

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

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> [I feel like it's important to be flexible, particularly when I'm coming in late in the game and I'm connective tissue in the story. I'm not at the very center. It's important for me to have a certain kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-feel-like-it-s-important-to-be-flexible-particularly-when-i-m/)

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

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## Other authors on Flexible

## 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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