Willem Dafoe Quotes

I do not use any set methods, not even The Method. The character after all is in the lines.

I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski.

Some actors are what I call more like mirror actors, which means that they do a performance at home in front of the mirror, and then they go deliver it. I'm not that type.

I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

I don't prepare for my roles. I don't watch movies to get inspired. I don't dig deep. I'll never be that type of actor, and I doubt that I ever will be.

I never do any research for my roles.

I am not into method acting.

Every actor has a method.

While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

Acting has always been something I've wanted to get into. I think the best models are actors; you're taking on a character. In that sense, I have been acting for a long time. It didn't seem like a crazy transition.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

Part of the fun of acting is the research, finding out about other people.

There are two schools of thought: There are those actors who explain to you that they know exactly how they're going to do the part... And then there is the other method, which is to have no method at all. This is mine.

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

I love an acting challenge, and I love getting to sit down with my script and do all my drama work.

I'm not a method actor; I hope you know that!

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private.

I'm not what you'd call a Method actor.