Willem Dafoe movie quotes

“- Anderson: You know, if I were a Negro, I'd probably think the same way they do.
- Ward: If you were a Negro, nobody would give a damn what you thought.”
Gene Hackman - Anderson
Willem Dafoe - Ward

“- Ward: Some things are worth dying for.
- Anderson: Down here, things are different; here, they believe that some things are worth killing for.”
Willem Dafoe - Ward
Gene Hackman - Anderson

“- Deputy Pell: You got no right to be here. This is a political meeting.
- Ward: Doesn't smell that way to me, Deputy.
- Deputy Pell: It's a damn political meeting, Hoover Boy.
- Ward: Oh, it looks like a political meeting, but smells more like Klan to me... with or without the Halloween costumes.”
Brad Dourif - Deputy Pell
Willem Dafoe - Ward

“- Spider-Man: I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
- Green Goblin: Well, to each his own. I chose my path, you chose the way of the hero. And they found you amusing for a while, the people of this city. But the one thing they love more than a hero is to see a herofail, fall, die trying. In spite of everything you've done for them, eventually...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man
Willem Dafoe - Green Goblin

“There's a lot of destruction and failure at the door of a successful picture. I find joy in sorrow. And sorrow is greater than laughter. You know, an angel is not far from those who are sad, and illness can sometimes heal us.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“- Thomas Wake: You’re drunk! You’re drunk!
- Ephraim Winslow: I’m drunk? I’m drunk?
- Thomas Wake: You heard me! Damn you!
- Ephraim Winslow: You’ve been drunk since I first laid eyes on you.”
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake
Logan Hawkes - Ephraim Winslow

“Doldrums. Doldrums. Eviler than the Devil. Boredom makes men to villains, and the water goes quick, lad, vanished. The only med'cine is drink. Keeps them sailors happy, keeps 'em agreeable, keeps 'em calm.”
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“- Ephraim Winslow: You ever married?
- Thomas Wake: Thirteen Christmases at sea, little ones at home. She never forgave it. Tis for the better.”
Logan Hawkes - Ephraim Winslow
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“- Thomas Wake: You a praying man, Winslow?
- Ephraim Winslow: Not as often as I might. But I’m God fearing, if that’s what you’re asking.”
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake
Logan Hawkes - Ephraim Winslow

“Should pale death, with treble dread, make the ocean caves our bed, God who hears the surges roll deign to save our suppliant soul.”
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“I'm damn-well wedded to this here light, and she's been a finer, truer, quieter wife than any alive-blooded woman.”
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“- Ephraim Winslow: Say, why is it bad luck to kill a gull?
- Thomas Wake: In 'em's the souls of sailors what met their maker.”
Logan Hawkes - Ephraim Winslow
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“- Ephraim Winslow: What made your last keeper leave?
- Thomas Wake: He believed that there was some enchantment in the light. Went mad, he did.
- Ephraim Winslow: Tall tales.
- Thomas Wake: What?”
Logan Hawkes - Ephraim Winslow
Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two Days? Where are we? Help me to recollect!”

Willem Dafoe - Thomas Wake

“The ocean is not just our home, it is who we are.”
Willem Dafoe - Vulko

“- Young Arthur (13): I already know how to swim.
- Nuidis Vulko: Not even close. You have to forget all the teaching of the surface world, go deeper to discover your Atlantean instincts.”
Otis Dhanji - Young Arthur (Thirteen Years Old)
Willem Dafoe - Vulko

“- Vincent van Gogh: Paintings have to be done in one clear gesture.
- Paul Gauguin: Think about the surface that you're painting on and how the paint will sit on it. You're changing things so fast, you can't even see what you've done.
- Vincent van Gogh: Paintings have to be painted fast. The painters I like all paint fast in one clear gesture,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh
Oscar Isaac - Paul Gauguin

“I paint with my qualities and faults.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“Sometimes they say I'm mad, but a grain of madness is the best of art.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“I paint, as a matter of fact, to stop thinking. I stop thinking, and I feel that I'm a part of everything outside and inside of me.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“I'll show what I see to my human brothers who can't see it. It's a privilege. I can give them hope and consolation.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“I feel God is nature and nature is beauty.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“- Doctor Felix Ray: What do you paint?
- Vincent van Gogh: Sunlight.”
Vladimir Consigny - Doctor Felix Ray
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

“I've spent all my life alone, in a room. I need to go out and work to forget myself. I want to be out of control. I need to be in a feverish state. It's called the act of painting for a reason.”
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh

I think of myself as an exile, a pilgrim on this earth. Jesus said, "Turn your heart away from things visible and turn yourself to things invisible".
Willem Dafoe - Vincent van Gogh