I was doing community theater, and I was always interested in acting, but I was also interested in sports. I was interested… — 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
Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people. — 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
Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to. — 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
Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world. — 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
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
The bad things about theatre get balanced by the good things in film and vice versa. So to tell you the truth,… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
If you know what it is before you even start, it's not as interesting. Central to being an actor is pretending, and… — 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 love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You… — 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
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