Willem Dafoe Quotes

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.

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• I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.

  

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• I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

  

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• I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.

  

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• The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.

  

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• The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.

  

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• But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.

  

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• An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

  

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• I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.

  

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• It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.

  

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• Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.

  

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• Adele's like a beacon of honesty. Doesn't compromise, goes to America and she's still the same sweary cockney.

  

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• So somebody told me that if I wasn't a coffee drinker yet, by the end of college I'd have to be, because a math major is so tough I would have to stay up very late. I was going to need coffee to do that. Well, merely because they said that, I never drank coffee in college, never got addicted to it, never needed it.

  

  Danica McKellar
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• Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.

  

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• People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

  

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• I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

  

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• I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.

  

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• A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

  

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• If the U.S. became the undisputed superpower that it is today, it was primarily because of its technology, whether it is in transportation, agriculture, high-tech industry, medicine, etc.

  

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• My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.

  

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• When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.

  

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• The hours spent viewing TV are hours not available for actively participating in the real world, or playing, or being involved with friends and family. Watching television is an individual activity that tends to discourage interaction with others; as viewing time increases, family communication time decreases. As family communication decreases, people grow more distant from each other and may even forget how to carry on a good conversation.

  

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• Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

  

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• When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.

  

  Willem Dafoe
  • Strong
  • Giving
  • Vision