Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
William J. "Willem" Dafoeis an American actor. A member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Platoonand Shadow of the Vampire. His other film appearances include The Last Temptation of Christ, The English Patientand the Spider-Man trilogy. He has also had voice roles in Finding Nemoand Fantastic Mr. Fox...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1955
CityAppleton, WI
comedy made feels
I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.
interesting sometimes capitalist
Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not.
nurse together patient
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.
frustration stories directors
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.
sides want mainstream
I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
heart shows honestly
I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!
lazy first-impression looks
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.
cds islands decision
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.
stuff bombs pumpkin
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.'
adventure actors different
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.
gun littles sticks
If you get stuck and it feels a little stiff, then you do have to mess it up to find it. But other times it's really written and you just stick to your guns and do it as elegantly and as concentrated and as committed as you can.
working-together directors sometimes
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.
certain resonance time worth
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.
balance fall people rooted strike unless
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,