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Willem Dafoe Quotes: I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.
         

I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.


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This page presents the quote "I try to do as many of my own stunts as possible. If you keep on taking yourself out of the role you play, you lose the thread of the character.". Author of this quote is Willem Dafoe. This quote is about thread, character, play, my own, trying,.