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
When you work on anything, you want to find the range of impulses - which ones get portrayed is another question, but… — 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
I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate. — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I don't worry so much about the audience. I want them very much to be involved and enjoy the movie, but I… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of… — 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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