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Happy Sad Confused begins now.

Today on happy,

happy,

Sir Confused, Willem Defoe takes us on a mad trip to the White House.

Hey guys, I'm Josh Horowitz.

Welcome to another edition of Happy Sad Confused. Yes, one of the great

the wonderfully talented, the unique, Willem Defoe on the podcast today. His

second trip to Happy Sad Confused, I guess he survived the first one a couple years back and he's a glutton for punishment.

He came back for more.

I could talk to this guy forever.

He's had not only such a storied fascinating career, but is so eloquent and

interesting talking about his own career and art and his philosophies around acting. He's got a great sense of humor and he's so

prolific. I mean year after year he just turns out great work and it seems like he's only I mean I don't know if he's

getting better but he certainly feels like he's at the top of his game or at

least as much as he's ever been the last few years he's been Oscar nominated. The last time he was on Happy Second Fused he came by for

that wonderful film The Florida Project, which was two years back. He got an Oscar nomination

for that one. Last year He got an Oscar nomination for that one.

Last year he got an Oscar nomination for

at Eternities Gate, where he played Vincent Van Gogh.

And he's back in the hunt this year.

He may very well end up with another Oscar nomination.

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