Willem Dafoe Quotes
The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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One of the things I love about acting is that I can enter into these other people's lives. But going back to being me at the end of the day is very important, too. That process of remembering who I am.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Sorry, no, I'm never satisfied with my drumming.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.
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I came into this league by myself, and I'll leave by myself.
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Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.
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I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
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I have actually lost a couple of roles - film roles - because a director or producer thought I looked too much like George Costanza, and I could not get out of that box.
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I am not a vegetarian. I subscribe to my own mantra: eat less, move more, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, don't eat too much junk food, and enjoy what you eat. Or, to summarise: eat less, eat better, move more, and get political.
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I would have given up acting in a minute. I didn't like how it set me apart from other people.
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We're not really for anything but a better America, a stronger country. And we do support our soldiers.
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Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping.
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The English Patient' is about the coming together of a French-Canadian nurse, an English patient, a Sikh in a turban and me, Caravaggio, and each of us is seeking a resolution to our own problems.
