Sylvia Hoeks Quotes

As a female actress, I didn't feel the need to be sexy or beautiful.
At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school.
Being in the camera's eye is like stepping into a dream world, one that is often more interesting than real life.
Denis Villeneuve is such a wonderful filmmaker. I just feel nothing but grateful to have worked with him and to have a chance to learn his language of filming.
Especially for young girls growing up, it would be lovely to see strong women who don't necessarily need to be sexy or find that interesting. Or have to be the girlfriend or the mother. They can play complex characters that you want to follow and make you believe that you can be strong as well.
I am a fan of dark movies and dark complex characters, and I love to take on a character like that.
I didn't 'leave' Dutch cinema.
I do enter into character on set, but I can step out of it.
I don't love to generalize, because I think every person has bad and good in them.
I love long dinners with friends.
I love playing villains or bad guys or bad girls.
I love pretending more than reality.
I love Tilda Swinton and the way she dresses. She always looks like a piece of art.
I speak Dutch, German, French, and English and have acted in all of those languages, but I love the American experience.
I want to play so many different characters. I want to, like, understand so many different people, and psychoanalysis, everything. I love that about my job: getting into the character and understanding it and doing the psychoanalysis and creating that character.
I was shooting a German movie, 'Whatever Happens,' at the time, and I got the call from my agent asking me to self-tape for 'Blade Runner.' That was a no-brainer. I loved the original, and Rutger Hauer was a national hero, and he did such a good job in it.
I worked out six hours a day, six days a week, to get 16 pounds of extra muscle.
If a man's able to laugh about himself, that's good. You can be in love with a man or share his bed, but if there's no humor, there's nothing.
I'm a hippie at heart - I always want everyone to be happy.
I'm from a little village in the south of Holland where there was nothing to do but watch American movies and television - I grew up with The 'A-Team,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Edward Scissorhands.'
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Sylvia Hoeks
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01 June, 1983
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