Willem Dafoe Quotes
I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're mental giants, but it's very limiting.
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Flying small airplanes is not like being on airlines.
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Living is not breathing but doing.
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"Heaven help us," said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.
