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Willem Dafoe quotes: With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.

Willem Dafoe quotes: 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 any method.

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 any method.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

Willem Dafoe quotes: The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.

Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Corruption is something you face all the time. Avoid it.

Corruption is something you face all the time. Avoid it.

Willem Dafoe quotes: In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.

In my experience, sometimes a movie just hits at the wrong time, gets the wrong press, or gets the wrong representation, and it gets misunderstood.

Willem Dafoe quotes: The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.

The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.

Willem Dafoe quotes: You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction.

Basically, when I hear the words 'family drama,' I run in the opposite direction.

Willem Dafoe quotes: 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 kind of challenges.

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 kind of challenges.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.

Truth is, generally I like film festivals; somewhere at some level there's an exchange of ideas.

Willem Dafoe quotes: In order to inhabit a character, you've got to embrace and empathise with them.

In order to inhabit a character, you've got to embrace and empathise with them.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

Let's hope I never end up on a deserted island, because I could never make a decision on which three CDs to take with me.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy; besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my

I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy; besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work.

Willem Dafoe quotes: The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me.

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 quotes: 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 of it.

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 of it.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.

I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.

I am confident only when I am constantly in motion. Between projects, the doubt creeps in.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

Willem Dafoe quotes: 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 not growing.

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 not growing.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.

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 quotes: Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.

Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.

I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women.

Willem Dafoe quotes: 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 through the characters.

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 through the characters.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.

I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.

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 quotes: I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.

I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.

Central to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.

Willem Dafoe quotes: There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Willem Dafoe quotes: My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn't care what I got up to.

My dad was a surgeon, my mom a nurse, and they were always out working. I had five sisters and a brother. They didn't care what I got up to.

Willem Dafoe quotes: It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I have no doubt that if I met Bob Dylan, it would be disappointing - and annoying to him. But that's why I like Bob Dylan.

I have no doubt that if I met Bob Dylan, it would be disappointing - and annoying to him. But that's why I like Bob Dylan.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.

I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

I think back story can help guide your choices, but when you're playing a scene, you're not making choices; you're just intuitive.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!

I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!

Willem Dafoe quotes: You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons.

You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.

Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

Willem Dafoe quotes: As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

Willem Dafoe quotes: The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.

The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.

Willem Dafoe quotes: Emotionally men and women are different, but only as a result of the physical differences. It all comes back to our bodies.

Emotionally men and women are different, but only as a result of the physical differences. It all comes back to our bodies.

Willem Dafoe quotes: I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the

I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.