Willem Dafoe Quotes

I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there.

Things come in waves, and I'm always more interested in places like, for instance, Chicago, where people don't follow fashion. They're not galloping past your window on the way to the latest anything. They're living their lives. You do a play, they come and see it and say, 'That's nice', and then they go home.

I pride myself on being down-to-earth. I’m from the Midwest. People who go into show business are screwed up. I romanticized about having a serene life.

I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. This was more true when I was living in California, when I didn't lead a writer's life at all.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.

I am an ordinary person.

Conventionality is not morality.

I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.

I just like being a regular person.

My family are very down-to-earth people. We are not showbizzy at all.

I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

I am a different kind of celebrity; I don't have the big, giant house, the fancy cars, and all the designer stuff. I am just a girl from Cleveland.

My life is extraordinary because it's so normal, but it's so 'extra' for some reason.

I'm kind of a small-town girl.

I don't want to be a VIP. I want to be an LIP, a Less Important Person.

I don't see myself as somebody special. I just see myself as Aaron, the same guy I've been all my life.

I am not a very complex person. I believe in simplicity.

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.

I'm really just an ordinary person.

I just try to be a regular dude.

For me, personally, I'm a simple guy.

Let me tell you something: I'm a simple person who lives a simple life.

This is not a family of privilege by any stretch of the imagination. Our family is very low key.

I don't see myself as anything special. I'm just Johnny Gargano. I always have been, no matter what I'm about to do or where I am.