Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.
I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.
I'll never be able to really see a film that I'm in.
I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump.
One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned.
The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'
The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing.
Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.
I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight.
Before Willem was cast as the Green Goblin in the 2002 movie Spiderman, Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich were both offered the role.
Willem is often confused with Denis Leary.
In 2000, Willem won the Gran Angular Award in the category, Best Actor, for the movie, Shadow of the Vampire.
In 1994, Willem was nominated for a Razzie Award in the category, Worst Actor, for the movie, Body of Evidence.
In 2001, Willem won the International Fantasy Film Award in the category, Best Actor for the movie,Shadow of the Vampire.
In 2003, Willem was nominated for the CFCA Award in the category, Best Supporting Actor for the movie,Auto Focus.
In 1987, Willem was nominated for an Oscar in the category, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for the movie, Platoon.
In 2001, Willem was nominated for an Oscar for the category,Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for the movie Shadow of the Vampire.
Willem is 5 feet 9? inches (1.77 m) tall.
Willem has two brothers and five sisters.
Willem married his girlfriend, Italian actress and director Giada Colagrande, during a private ceremony at NYC Hall in early May 2005. The couple co-wrote and will star in the drama Before It Had a Name.
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