Willem Dafoe has spent much of his career playing people who don't fit in, from troubled outsiders and eccentric visionaries to characters whose understanding of the world challenges everyone around them. After more than four decades in Hollywood, the four-time Oscar nominee has reached a conclusion that might explain both his unconventional career and his latest film, Tenzing.
"I think we need those crazy people. We need those people that don't share the same point of view as others," Dafoe told this reporter in an exclusive interview. "I think it opens our heart and gives us a wider way of looking at life."
