Author: 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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Willem Dafoe

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

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