The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.
Willem DafoeCentral to being an actor is pretending, and the adventure of it all. That's why you become a junkie for different kinds of situations.
Willem DafoeI prefer shooting on location, just because it always helps you. You go some place, you put your life on hold even more than when you've settled in some place. You can make a new life so it opens yourself up to the make-believe and the imagination in a way when you aren't burdened by things that remind you of your life all the time.
Willem Dafoe