Willem Dafoe Quotes
I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.
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I want to make smart choices.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.
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I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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Usually, the music inspires the lyrics. The lyrics just sort of fall off like a bunch of crumbs from the melody. That's all I want them to be - crumbs. I don't want to work any kind of fabricated message.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
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I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going.
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I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
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My first church had seven members in it, and I have to remember, the rent was $225 a month and I worked for Union Carbide and took the check I made from work to pay for the rent to keep the church open.
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For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.
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I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.
