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I'm not attracted to naturalism, I'm not attracted to behavior, I'm attracted to dance. I'm attracted to gesture, I'm attracted to singing with your voice, as opposed to having a natural manner. I'm a theater actor first, so that probably influences a lot of my approach. And I think in many ways, naturalism has ruined movies.

Willem Dafoe's Popular Quotes

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

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Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

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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 …

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

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I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.

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Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.

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

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You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

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I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

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