Carice Van Houten Quotes

“I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that satisfies me. So there's not just this one ambition to become an American movie star. Because I will never become an American movie star.”

— 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 I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.”

— 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 talks and asks, and talks, and talks, and talks and questions and turns things around. I'm like a little cat, walking around my little nest until I find my place.

— 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 feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.”

— 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 bit too much for me.

— 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 part.”

— 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 way, so I have to be careful.

— 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 another country. I did a film in Ireland. It was my first film abroad.”

— Carice Van Houten

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

— Carice Van Houten

“I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.”

— Carice Van Houten

“I think it's cool people love to hate me.”

— Carice Van Houten

“In my own country, I play light comedies and funny parts.”

— 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, because I have my own country to do that in.”

— 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 I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.”

— Carice Van Houten

“I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.”

— Carice Van Houten

“In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with ... ' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.”

— 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 for two-and-a-half hours.”

— 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 we have to do it. I feel the same about theater.

— Carice Van Houten

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

— Carice Van Houten

“I think I'm a very intuitive actress.”

— 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 the history books.”

— 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 too much into this horror, then I won't be able to start as a fresh character.”

— 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

“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 too insecure, and too proud. It's a strange combination.”

— Carice Van Houten