Quotes from Carice van Houten

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

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.

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

I pick up on other people's discomfort.

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'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.

On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.

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.

The khaleesi seems the most fair.

I never believe in going to America with my show reel and knocking on every agent's door. I couldn't even do it. I'm way too insecure and too proud.

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

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.

I tend to really duck down and make myself smaller than I already am.

It's not so easy to forgive.

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

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.

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.

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'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.

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 personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.

I come from Holland, and there's a lot of nudity in film there.

If I go to Hollywood, I will have to start all over again - which is fine and makes me humble.

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.