List of Willem Dafoe Quotes

When You Work On Anything, You Want To Find The Range Of Impulses - Which Ones Get Portrayed Is Another Question, But You Want To Have That Complexity And That Fullness, Even If You're Playing A Cartoon Character.

That's A Frustration Sometimes, That Certain Directors That I'd Like To Work With, They Just Aren't Doing Stories That I'm Sort Of Castable In. Not Always, But Sometimes I Have That Frustration.

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.

Usually When You Meet With A Director, Just Meeting Them After You've Seen Something You're Interested In, They Say, "oh I'd Love To Work Together," And Sometimes You Never Hear From Them Again.

Each Of The Actors Is Quite Different, But They're All Living In The Same World.

When I Give Over To Somebody's Vision Rather Than Have An Idea Of What I Need To Do, It Takes Me To Places I Wouldn't Have Got To By Myself. I'm Always Attracted To A Strong Director.

I Was Watching 'wild At Heart,' And I Can Honestly Say I Did Nothing For That Apart From Show Up!

With Theatre, You Have To Be Ready For Anything.

I Prefer Shooting On Location, Just Because It Always Helps You. You Go Some Place, You Put Your Life On Hold Even More Than When You've Settled In Some Place. You Can Make A New Life So It Opens Yourself Up To The Make-believe And The Imagination In A Way When You Aren't Burdened By Things That Remind You Of Your Life All The Time.

I Pride Myself On Being Fairly Polite On A Set So It's Kind Of A Guilty Pleasure To Poke Others On The Set.

The Truth Is I Like The Crazy Ones Better Than The Well-behaved Ones Normally Because They Tend To Be The Passionate Ones. They Never Come After You If You're Holding Up Your End. The Only Thing That's Bad About An Abusive Director Is That They Bully The People They Can.

Mounting Those Red Stairs [in Cannes] Is Something I've Done With A Very Different Intention Many Times. So It's Interesting Any Time You Witness Those Shifts Of Perspective. The Beach Scenes Were Also Fun. It Felt Very Strange And Very Theatrical To Kind Of Commandeer It And Have La Mer Booming Over The Speakers.