Willem Dafoe Quotes
I love Sam Neill. The thing that I always say about him, and I think it's true, is he's so dry. When he's serious, I think he's joking; when he's joking, I think he's serious.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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I love to push myself.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
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I'm a natural blonde!
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.
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Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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It's insane to me to ask anybody to be what they're not. Know what you know the best, love the most. That's always going to be the answer to the thing that you have the best shot at winning at.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.
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Everyone seems to be surprised that I've changed post-marriage. But what's so surprising about it? You must change; it's such a big turning point in your life.
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My view is that we cannot be ruled by fear. When we do that, we are not making ourselves see. We are not thinking things through. We are not looking at what works.
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I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
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We do live in an environment of crony capitalism, and the main reason we do is that loopholes are for sale, and both parties have their hands out through those loopholes.
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We did every scene together, every day for four months, and it could have been a disaster, if we didn't get on, but we clicked straight away. Elijah Wood is just the nicest guy.
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I love Sam Neill. The thing that I always say about him, and I think it's true, is he's so dry. When he's serious, I think he's joking; when he's joking, I think he's serious.
