50 Quotes by Carice van Houten

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

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I think I'm a very intuitive actress.