Willem Dafoe Actors Quotations

I'm a task-oriented actor. A pretender. And I try to invent my process anew each time I make a new project. So I frown on any method.

Each of the actors is quite different, but they're all living in the same world.

Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.

The best thing an actor can be is ready. Be flexible, be ready.

As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

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.

Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.