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Anastasia Esther was graduating Sunday with a degree in film. But the most exciting moment of her weekend \u2014 and her five years at 51ÁÔÆæ, she said \u2014 happened Saturday, when she and a dozen other 51ÁÔÆæ students were able to ask actor and alum Willem Dafoe about his craft.<\/p>\n

Dafoe spoke to more than 600 students, as well as dozens of faculty and staff, at a Saturday event modeled on the talk show \u201cInside the Actors Studio.\u201d He was in town to speak the next day at commencement and to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What traits, Esther asked him, are essential for a good director to have?<\/p>\n

\u201cDirecting is what I want to be doing,\u201d Esther said, \u201cand I want to work with people like him. When I heard he was going to be the commencement speaker, I thought it was a prank! But somehow, it\u2019s real.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Actor Willem Dafoe talks to theater and film students at UW-Milwaukee<\/div><\/div>\n

Dafoe attended 51ÁÔÆæ in 1973 and 1974 before leaving to become part of Theatre X, a faculty-student workshop that grew into an independent experimental theater company. In the ensuing decades, he became one of the most respected actors of our time, with four Academy Award nominations, as well as awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association and many others.<\/p>\n

When he walked onto the stage at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, students welcomed him with thunderous applause. Chancellor Mark Mone asked Dafoe what he remembered about his days on campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s fun to be back (in Milwaukee) and to see places that were here and how they’ve changed,\u201d Dafoe said, recalling his introduction to arthouse cinema at the Downer Theatre. \u201cBut the truth is, because of the nature of theater production and that I was also working at the time, I didn’t do a lot of just hanging out back then. And when I was hanging out, I was often sleeping in the lounge of the theater department because it was more convenient than going home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sleeping in ‘the fishbowl’<\/h3>\n

His response struck a chord with Abby Fuchs, a junior majoring in theater.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he said that, I just turned to my friend, and we both said, \u2018The fishbowl!\u2019\u201d Fuchs said, explaining that even today, 51ÁÔÆæ theater students sleep in the theater lounge known as the fishbowl.<\/p>\n

Dafoe demonstrated a sharp sense of humor. When Mone asked the Appleton native what people say when they learn he\u2019s from Wisconsin, he quipped, \u201cThey say, \u2018I thought you were English.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

But he grew thoughtful in talking about his art. He told Esther that the relationship with a director is the most important one for an actor to have.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be in the room with those people who bring something out in me,\u201d Dafoe said.<\/p>\n

Learning from every role<\/h3>\n

He said he learns life lessons from every role, especially when he plays a real person, such as Vincent Van Gogh in \u201cAt Eternity’s Gate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than 600 students, mostly from Peck School of the Arts, filled the Helene Zelazo Center for the event. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo\/Elora Hennessey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“In doing those characters, it adds to yourself,\u201d Dafoe said. And, he said, the arts \u201chumanize us. They allow us a way to think about how the world can be better. When we watch films, we learn how to live from them. Generally, the arts force us to reconsider ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob Kaiser, a junior in theater, said he was impressed by Dafoe\u2019s love-of-learning philosophy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s such a down-to-earth person,\u201d Kaiser said. \u201cHe told us that he\u2019s using all the same tools and techniques that our teachers have been telling us. And that\u2019s really good to know coming from someone of his stature. It means so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Roles become timeless’<\/h3>\n

About half of the students in the audience came from the Peck School of the Arts, while the rest represented a wide range of majors. Many students grew up watching the now 66-year-old Dafoe play the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man movies, the first of which came out in 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo hear that he was coming to 51ÁÔÆæ to give this talk, it\u2019s insane,\u201d said William Miles, a junior majoring in psychology. \u201cI took time off from work so I could be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about playing \u201cbad guys,\u201d Dafoe said he doesn\u2019t distinguish between good characters and bad because both are personalities that have to be developed, with good characters having some aspects of bad in them and vice-versa.<\/p>\n

That made sense to Matthew Nowak, a double major in IT and film. \u201cLook at how many of the characters he has played that have become pop culture icons,\u201d Nowak said. \u201cYou can say \u2018Willem Dafoe\u2019 to anyone, and each person will have a different character they associate with him. How does he act so well that those roles become timeless?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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