11 Quotes by Carel Struycken

Many times, people would react to the fact that I looked different, and I would think that there was something wrong with me - that maybe one of my shirt buttons was undone or something. It took 20 or 30 years to get used to it.

Our culture is so inundated with Freudian prototypes, and I think that 'Twin Peaks' came up with a whole new Pandora's Box of outlandishly mental, out of balance people that have never been described or have been noted by the psychiatric community.

I never wanted to be an actor. It was just something that happened.

Even before the movie was made, people already thought I was the original Lurch.

I was just picked from the streets to do some acting, and that's how I got started.

Star Trek' always had a pretty serious atmosphere, but with 'Twin Peaks,' you walked onto the set and you had the feeling that everybody was walking around in a trance.

The wonderful thing about 'Star Trek' is that they're very open to suggestions for scripts and story ideas from the viewers. That's really unique.

I even got invited to a 'Star Trek' sea cruise. That was pretty exciting.

I actually enjoy playing monsters and that kind of thing.