Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
That's a frustration sometimes, that certain directors that I'd like to work with, they just aren't doing stories that I'm sort of… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I like to work with people of different cultures, different points of view. But yeah, I feel much more comfortable. That's the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you… — 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 an optimist. I hope if a movie's good that it will be a success, but that's not always true, just because… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Usually when you meet with a director, just meeting them after you've seen something you're interested in, they say, "Oh I'd love… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women,… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
The real difficulty for smaller films, when they're made independently and it's time to go for a distributor, sometimes if it's a… — 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)
