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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: "The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems."

The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.




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: "Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth."

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.




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: "The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'"

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "You have to lose yourself to find yourself."

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.




Willem Dafoe Quotes: "Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action."

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before."

A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first impression and then rush to compare it to something they've seen before.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be."

I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.



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: "Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other."

Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "When you have something to work with, then you fly with it."

When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.



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

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



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: "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'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: "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: "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 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: "I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside."

I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love."

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love.



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: "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: "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 from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing."

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 from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.



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 pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set."

I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the set.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity to roll up your sleeves with younger directors."

It's fair to say that if you have a lot of experience, your power is greater. You have more of an opportunity to roll up your sleeves with younger directors.



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 aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them."

I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "It's nice to go back with people that you already trust."

It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.



Willem Dafoe Quotes: "Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much."

Sometimes you feel like you have to do research to make something, other times you know you don't feel it so much.



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: "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 well and they can make it beautiful. You don't really know."

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 well and they can make it beautiful. You don't really know.



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: "Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court."

Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.



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: "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: "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 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 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."

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.



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: "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.