Willem Dafoe Quotes

I've always been attracted to action stuff.

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II.

I'm 51 now, so there are less roles available.

I'm a physical person. That's why I like action movies. I like to get real into it all, and get real down and dirty.

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers.

I love action movies.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

I would love to try action films.

I love action, so I would really love to get into doing more action movies.

I mean, I love action films, you know, good action films.

I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.

I have a lot of brothers. It's easy for me to do physical stuff. I had to survive. I really love it, and I'd love to do more of it. I want to do action films. I want to go and hang off of wires, and jump off of bridges, and hang on bungee cords. I've always really loved it.

I've always wanted to do action movies.

I get bored watching action movies.

It is true that in this culture, they throw you out when you get older. I see it all the time, especially in my business. At my age, you're playing somebody's mother - and there aren't even a lot of those roles!

I love action and I love doing my own stunts. I love that sort of thing.

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I'm not smart enough to be in the movies. It's a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I'm a much better actor, but that doesn't matter.

I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I'm a movie lover in general.

I grew up with action movies in my head.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that.

The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

Many people are despairing of the possibility of finding love. And some of the people who are despairing the most are in their thirties and forties and looking just great.