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All Quotes by author - Sibel Kekilli
" Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is. "
Me
You
She
" Actors travel a lot and work long hours, and sometimes you eat at odd hours, so I have to work out to keep my weight at the same level. "
Eat
Long
Sometimes
" A friend forced me to watch 'The Lord of the Rings,' and even though it was a fantastic movie, I could only watch one. "
Only
Watch
Rings
" A lot of people in Islamic countries are taking it as a personal offense when people are talking about the violence against women in their culture. "
Violence
Lot
Culture
" Because it was my first time acting in English, everyone on set was difficult to understand. It was a mix of Scottish, Irish, British and American English. To understand a Scottish accent or an Irish accent was so hard. "
Acting
Understand
Time
" Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life. "
Try
Story
Start
" Every woman actress is somewhat vain, and I am, too. You really have to take care of yourself. "
You
Care
I Am
" I became an actor when I was 22. "
Actor
Became
" I'd like to say it is only average people who revel in the mistakes of others. "
Mistakes
Others
Say
" I do some weightlifting and use medicine balls as well for balance for my core. I want my stomach to look flat. I have to. "
Medicine
Balance
Want
" If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her. "
Understand
Character
Her
" If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it's difficult to belong. "
Yourself
Difficult
Move
" I have a coach, but I'm not theater-trained or a technical actor. "
Coach
Actor
Technical
" I have the feeling that you can get older here in Germany, or in Europe, but in Hollywood, you have to look perfect all the time. So it's really hard. "
Hard
You
Time
" I have to make sure I don't eat too much chocolate. You can't imagine how hard that is for a German to not eat chocolate. "
Hard
You
Too Much
" I'm acting from my heart. The way how I feel is the way how I act. "
Heart
Way
I Feel
" I really think that Muslim people should stop raising their boys and girls that way. They instill a macho culture right from the start of childhood. And if you have never learned to treat girls and women respectfully, you will never be able to act differently later on than the men in your culture, and in your family. That's fact. "
Women
Childhood
Culture
" I think it's so hard to get really, really strong parts where the actress can act. It's rare. "
Rare
Actress
Hard
" It's a dream for everyone to be a part of an American series - a huge, successful series. It's just a gift for me. "
Dream
Successful
Gift
" It's hard when you're not a native speaker, because everyone's laughing, and you're like, 'What was that? Can you tell me again?' "
Me
Everyone
Hard
" It's not like I love dragons! Only on 'Game of Thrones!' Our dragons are amazing, and they look really real. But I think after 'Game of Thrones,' I won't be a fantasy fan. "
Game
Think
Look
" It's not my passion to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to do my exercises. Sometimes I really hate it. I'm lazy. "
Hate
Passion
Wake Up
" It's so rare, actors who are not vain. "
Who
Rare
Vain
" I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly. "
Ballet
Soccer
Friends
" Sooner or later, directors in Germany will start casting without regard to where a person is from. It shouldn't matter anymore. "
Without
Start
Person
" The pressure in Hollywood is bigger to look good than in Germany. In Germany, we are more forgiving. Having a personal coach in Germany is not nearly as common as in Hollywood. In Hollywood, I think everyone has a personal trainer. "
Good
Pressure
Think
" When I act, I try to understand the character, why she's behaving like that. "
Why
She
Character
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