Willem Dafoe Quotes

We're making up a story that has certain resonance, and that resonance does pertain to what's going on in the world. Any time a film does that, I think it's worth doing. - Willem Dafoe

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

Unless it's a down-and-dirty little film ... you have to strike that balance between having it rooted and having the people not fall out of it. - Willem Dafoe

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

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

The aesthetic is not that we're taking a hand-held camera and we're just letting it roll and doing our thing, ... Before It Had a Name. - Willem Dafoe

Some actors seek parts similar to their personalities. But, I prefer undergoing a metamorphosis that depends on the role. - Willem Dafoe

One of the pleasures of going to the movies for me is quite simply to see new ways, to think about broader ways or to challenge something as a given. It's usually people from outside, from the margins, that have the voice that inspires me. - Willem Dafoe

I've been a prisoner and lived in prison for a while; I've been a missionary in China; I've been a vampire and a priest in Poland in World War II. I guess without bragging or being too prideful about it I'm excited when I look back at these things that I've done. I've had lots of wonderful opportunities. - Willem Dafoe

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