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

- Carice van Houten

Myself, Tend, Smaller, Duck

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

- Carice van Houten

Never, Hollywood, Heading, Suitcase

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.

- Carice van Houten

Feel, Guy, Love-Hate, Spoils

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

- Carice van Houten

Roots, Very, Musical, Scottish

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.

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Father, Kid, Young, Annie

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.

- Carice van Houten

Questions, Before, Directors, Nest

Dining with a married couple can be uncomfortable.

- Carice van Houten

Dining, Couple, Married Couple

I pick up on other people's discomfort.

- Carice van Houten

Other, Pick, Up, Discomfort

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.

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Singer, Movie, I Write, Satisfies

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.

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Ironic, Part, Very, Scripts

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.

- Carice van Houten

Play, Feel, Use, Different Things

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.

- Carice van Houten

Love, Play, Very, Send

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.

- Carice van Houten

Proud, Door, Agent, Knocking

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.

- Carice van Houten

German, Spanish, Languages, French

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

Woman, Play, Prove, Women Are

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

- Carice van Houten

Light, Play, Country, Comedies

I think I'm a very intuitive actress.

- Carice van Houten

Think, Actress, Very, Intuitive

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

- Carice van Houten

Bad, My Own, Very, Posture

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.

- Carice van Houten

Some, Treated, Very, Nice Way

There doesn't seem to be a religion in 'Game of Thrones' that's totally peaceful... we haven't seen any Buddhists.

- Carice van Houten

Peaceful, Game, Any, Buddhists

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, Chicken, Weeks, Farm

It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.

- Carice van Houten

Act, Against, Absurd, Creature

I'm a workaholic.

- Carice van Houten

Workaholic

I'm completely the opposite of what I play on 'Game of Thrones.'

- Carice van Houten

Game, Play, Opposite, Game Of Thrones

My mother and my sister are big Jon Snow fans.

- Carice van Houten

Mother, Snow, Big, Sister

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

Thought, Country, Abroad, Ireland

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

Communicate, Been, Mostly, Connection

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

- Carice van Houten

Strong, Play, Very, Vulnerable

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.

- Carice van Houten

Interesting, Doing, Think, Thinks

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

- Carice van Houten

Love, Think, I Think, Cool People

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