--- title: "14 Sometimes Quotes By Willem Dafoe" description: "14 Sometimes quotes by Willem Dafoe. Plus more from Willem Dafoe and more Sometimes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/willem-dafoe-4486_customer_sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repe_2943546.jpg" --- > [Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repeat-customer-it-means-i-must/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/willem-dafoe-4486_customer_sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repe_2943546.jpg) > [Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-you-make-very-interesting-movies-that-aren-t-meant-for/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/willem-dafoe-4486_capitalist_sometimes-you-make-very-interesting-movi_3167406.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/usually-when-you-meet-with-a-director-just-meeting-them-after-you-ve/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/willem-dafoe-4486_cinema_usually-when-you-meet-with-a-director-ju_2214488.jpg) > [Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-i-think-women-are-lucky-because-they-can-develop-in-ways/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/willem-dafoe-4486_boys_sometimes-i-think-women-are-lucky-becaus_2818912.jpg) > [The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/the-truth-is-if-you-re-around-long-enough-you-have-a-story-about/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/willem-dafoe-4486_enough_the-truth-is-if-you-re-around-long-enoug_2891183.jpg) > [In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/in-my-experience-sometimes-a-movie-just-hits-at-the-wrong-time-gets/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b5/willem-dafoe-4486_film_in-my-experience-sometimes-a-movie-just_2943807.jpg) > [Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-you-feel-like-you-have-to-do-research-to-make-something/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/willem-dafoe-4486_like-you_sometimes-you-feel-like-you-have-to-do-r_1544153.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/that-s-a-frustration-sometimes-that-certain-directors-that-i-d-like/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/willem-dafoe-4486_certain_that-s-a-frustration-sometimes-that-cert_1057061.jpg) > [I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-wish-to-christ-i-could-make-up-a-really-great-lie-sometimes-after/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0da/willem-dafoe-4486_christ_i-wish-to-christ-i-could-make-up-a-reall_2010688.jpg) > [Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-i-say-i-feel-more-like-a-dancer-than-an-actor-because-there/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/willem-dafoe-4486_actors_sometimes-i-say-i-feel-more-like-a-dance_1272338.jpg) > [I do know that I like to play characters that are sometimes a little on the outside - that's because it feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-do-know-that-i-like-to-play-characters-that-are-sometimes-a-little/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/willem-dafoe-4486_because_i-do-know-that-i-like-to-play-characters_1318493.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/the-real-difficulty-for-smaller-films-when-they-re-made-independently/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/willem-dafoe-4486_deals_the-real-difficulty-for-smaller-films-wh_2528436.jpg) > [I like to work with people of different cultures, different points of view. But yeah, I feel much more comfortable. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-like-to-work-with-people-of-different-cultures-different-points-of/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/willem-dafoe-4486_celebrate_i-like-to-work-with-people-of-different_1597941.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/i-m-an-optimist-i-hope-if-a-movie-s-good-that-it-will-be-a-success-2/) [Willem Dafoe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-dafoe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/willem-dafoe-4486_beautiful_i-m-an-optimist-i-hope-if-a-movie-s-good_1736842.jpg) ## Other authors on Sometimes ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sometimes/willem-dafoe/#itemlist", "name": "14 Sometimes Quotes By Willem Dafoe", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Willem Dafoe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-dafoe/sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repeat-customer-it-means-i-must/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/willem-dafoe-4486_customer_sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repe_2943546.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/willem-dafoe-4486_customer_sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repe_2943546.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/willem-dafoe-4486_customer_sometimes-you-re-wrong-but-if-i-m-a-repe_2943546.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes you're wrong, but if I'm a repeat customer, it means I must have valued the past experiences.” — Willem Dafoe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. 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