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" 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. "

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" 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

Film

Acting

Country

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a workaholic. "

Carice van Houten

Workaholic

" 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 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

Myself

Story

" 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. "

" Whenever you have to do a photo shoot with a woman, there is this weird competition. They need to prove something. They need to play games - maybe unconsciously - but women are so sensitive, and people call me more masculine sometimes. "

Carice van Houten

Women

People

" I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots. "

" I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time. "

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

Carice van Houten

Would

Get

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I speak French, German, English, and Dutch, and I can say a few words in Spanish - none of these languages have anything to do with Valyrian. "

" I've never really considered packing my suitcase and heading to Hollywood. "

" 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. "

" My mother and my sister are big Jon Snow fans. "

" 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. "

" I don't know how to play evil. "

" I have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. There are moments I feel like 99 percent of the people who write stuff are the sweetest people, and then one crazy guy or girl spoils the whole thing. "

" 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

Play

Farmer

" It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell. "