Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people. — 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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world. — 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
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
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
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)
