Willem Dafoe Quotes

I always kind of did my own thing, but it got me into trouble a lot, so I started listening to what people were telling me to do to show I was a team player.

That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.

As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.

Toby not being there doesn't bother me, I mean I can work with anybody as long as we get along and as long as they've got an understanding of what I want and what I'm aiming for. To start with, when he left, it was difficult.

I play well with everybody.

You have to adjust to what your team needs and what you're able to do.

I'm just an all-around player that does whatever my team needs.

I don't see myself in the ring as a high flyer or brawler or technical guy, but I feel I can do everything, work with everybody, and bring out the best in different people.

I'm open for whatever any team asks me to do.

I've been up and down the order. I'm just happy to get a game and wherever I'm told to bat or told to bowl I'll do it.

I'm a manager's player, in a way, because he can use me in a lot of different ways, and I'm willing to do that.

Who I am is a guy who's going to do whatever the team needs.

As long as I can help the team achieve its objective, then I am happy playing anywhere upfront.

It's about doing what the team needs me to do, not what I want to do or what I think I can do.

I'm doing whatever my team needs me to be. Whether it's play hard, screen-and-rolling, ducking in, whatever the team needs me to do to be successful, that's all that I care about.

I can play either in the centre or wide. I can do whatever the manager thinks is best for the team.

For me, any team that wants me to be part of their club, I'm all for it.

I've never been known for being a team player, but I've adjusted to being part of a big cast and it has worked out beautifully.

I'm willing to play any position.

I play where the coach puts me and try to help the team.

I'll play wherever I can help the team.

In football, I've always been about adapting to what's asked of me, to what my team-mates need from me. I'm a team player.

I just try and play where the manager puts me as well as possible.

I'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your actor's work. I'm damn proud of my ability to help other people achieve their ideas.

My favorite thing about acting is you have to learn how to work with people that you probably would never try to. Some people just aren't supposed to be in a room together, and you have to be in a room with a group of people who might not all get along and you have to figure out how to come together for one thing. That collaboration is special, and people don't get to exercise that. I think that's why people become stubborn, and I think that's why people become uninspired to change. In this job you have to.