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… — 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… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy; besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
The Midwest isn't somewhere you mix with those from the performing arts. But my mum and dad would go off to Chicago… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work… — 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
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
I love Sam Neill. The thing that I always say about him, and I think it's true, is he's so dry. When… — 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
Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to. — 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
I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I think, as I've gotten older, I've been able to be more reckless with my choices, because practically speaking, you get less… — 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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