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Actor Quotes by Willem Dafoe
- One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles…
- The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.
- Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really…
- 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, you're…
- Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
- I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on…
- 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. That's the beauty…
- 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 with your voice,…
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