Carice van Houten

My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but…

— Carice van Houten

I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really trust my instincts. I like to talk and talk and talk until…

— Carice van Houten

It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem…

— Carice van Houten

I knew always that Holland gave away the most Jews of all the countries. We are not the heroes that are in…

— Carice van Houten

I have some wigs at home just for fun. Throughout my years, my hair has been treated in a not very nice…

— Carice van Houten

American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience,…

— Carice van Houten

I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself…

— Carice van Houten

I think I'm a very intuitive actress.

— Carice van Houten

When I started acting, there were parts in English that I thought I just had to try it out and go to…

— Carice van Houten

I have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. There are moments I feel like 99 percent of the people who write stuff are…

— Carice van Houten

I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything…

— Carice van Houten

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!

— Carice van Houten

I never believed in going to America with my show-reel and knocking on every agent's door. I couldn't even do it. I'm…

— Carice van Houten

I don't do method acting. If I play a farmer, I'm not gonna spend 3 weeks on a chicken farm. That's a…

— Carice van Houten

I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that satisfies me. So…

— Carice van Houten

Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary…

— Carice van Houten

I read a lot of articles about young women in the resistance. All of a sudden, I felt that if I go…

— Carice van Houten

Most directors that I've worked with - I've worked with before, especially in Holland - and they know that I'm somebody who…

— Carice van Houten

I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do.

— Carice van Houten

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

— Carice van Houten

In theater, the scenes I like the most are the ones where you are there and you cannot talk.

— Carice van Houten