Carice van Houten Quotes

I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.

Every person wants to stretch himself and widen his audience. Since Hollywood has got more exposure and is shown all over the world, it's obvious that every actor would want to do an English film and explore himself.

I'd like to do one European film a year.

I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well.

I'm an international actor, but at the same time, I'm also a Bollywood actor, even though most of my career has been abroad. However, I've always kept in touch with Hindi cinema.

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

I was fortunate to live for 3 years in another country, and although we lived in an American compound, still as a young adolescent I did venture into the world of the Japanese with great interest and enjoyment. But many Americans never left that safe and familiar life among their own people.

It's funny because I remember when I came to the U.S. with 'Swimming Pool,' the movie did well, and it was great box office for a French movie, but I remember I was a bit upset because all people talked to me about was the nudity.

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're English, too.'

I don't compare myself with Freida Pinto. She has come a long way. She does only films in the West. I am open to do both - Indian films and films from the West.

As an Asian actor, I would like once in my life to do just one Hollywood movie. It would be a memorable experience.

The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.

I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.

I went to a foreign country as a Japanese actor, not a Hollywood actor. This takes courage.

I think, for an actor, the whole world is a place of work because if you focus on characters and on stories, they are everywhere, so yeah, I feel very privileged to have had this great opportunities in the international cinema and especially in the American cinema.

I started with Tamil film, then Hindi. Now, I am also doing a Telugu film. The journey has been wonderful so far.

I am open to do a Telugu, Tamil or Malayali movie. If I get a good script and good character, I will surely do it.

For an actress, the choices are more if one is open to the idea of doing films in different languages.

I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.

I'm delighted at the warm reception in Tamil and Hindi cinema despite the fact that I am from Karnataka.

I've never thought about doing international films. But if I get something exciting, I might take it up. Everything depends on what comes my way.

I lived in Paris for about nine months. It was an experience.

I would love to do more Hindi films, but I am very laid-back that way and wouldn't go looking for more films.

When you are a pan-Indian actress, you are doing films in different languages and invariably, you end up not signing films in one language or the other for a brief period.