Willem Dafoe has played a goblin, a rat, a fool, and a fish, but according to Paul Schrader, it’s all par for the course of a great actor.
Dafoe, who most recently transforms into a trapped art thief for claustrophobic psychological thriller “Inside,” revealed that Oscar winner Schrader told him it’s the best compliment to be compared to a farm animal.“Paul Schrader says that all actors are like farm animals,” Dafoe said to The New York Times Style Magazine.”They like to work.”Schrader directed Dafoe in 1992’s “Light Sleeper.” In total, Dafoe has worked with auteurs Wes Anderson, Robert Eggers, Abel Ferrara, and Yorgos Lanthimos for multiple films each.“When you’re starting out, you feel like every film can ruin you,” Dafoe said.
“Now I can take more risks.”One of those risks include leading Lanthimos’ surreal upcoming film “And” opposite Emma Stone, who praised Dafoe’s approach to work.
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