Carice van Houten Quotes

• 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.

  Carice van Houten

  Insecure, America, Doors

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem for two-and-a-half hours.

  Carice van Houten

  Responsibility, Two, Half

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do.

  Carice van Houten

  Actors, Method, I Can

  "Three Close-Ups at a Good Moment: Carice van Houten". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• 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, Acting, Too Much

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think I'm a very intuitive actress.

  Carice van Houten

  Thinking, Actresses, Intuitive

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• 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.

  Carice van Houten

  Character, Able, Too Much

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• 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.

  Carice van Houten

  Country, Hero, Book

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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

  Carice van Houten

  Scene, Where You Are, Theater

  "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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• I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really trust my instincts. I like to talk and talk and talk until we have to do it. I feel the same about theater.

  Carice van Houten

  Instinct, Theater, Feels

  "Three Close-Ups at a Good Moment: Carice van Houten". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

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