Willem Dafoe Quotes

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

Willem Dafoe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1955

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Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.

Jodi Picoult

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I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.

Jeremy Renner

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Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live in it. The air there is nauseating: they can breathe it.

Jean Genet

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Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free. The repressed are not free to do what they want. That's what 'Star-Crossed' was all about for me.

Johnathon Schaech

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I spent 35 years growing up in the U.S., and it had its ups and downs.

MF Doom

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I'm a huge fan of Leonardo DiCaprio's career. I love the path that he's taken. He seems to be very conscious of exactly what kind of project he wants for the following part of his career.

Roberto Aguire

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The fall of Rome seemed unthinkable to people at the time but inevitable to historians reflecting upon it with the benefit of context.

Mary Pilon

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When I'm in the studio, I like to be in there by myself because if I'm in the mike room, and I look out and see people talking, or they're not nodding their head or rocking to the music, it makes me feel like it don't sound good, or I'll be scared to really open up vocally because I might mess up, and they might be in there laughing.

Missy Elliott

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I still love the semiconductor industry.

Louis Navellier

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I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

Chris Isaak

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The Tea Party elites believe government is evil. Everything about government is bad, and they blame all problems, even non-economic problems, problems that were caused by the private sector, on government.

Chuck Schumer

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I haven't seen one second of any episode of 'Lost,' ever.

Brooke Elliott

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