Sylvia Hoeks

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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It's interesting what happens when you take on a role, I think. What happens to me - without sounding too spiritual or too hippy, I guess - what happens, most of the time, you do a lot of research, and you get into the character, and at a certain moment, it's like the character takes over.

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I'm a hippie at heart - I always want everyone to be happy.

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I love long dinners with friends.

i-love friends love long

At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school.

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I love pretending more than reality.

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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.

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Being in the camera's eye is like stepping into a dream world, one that is often more interesting than real life.

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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.

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I worked out six hours a day, six days a week, to get 16 pounds of extra muscle.

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I speak Dutch, German, French, and English and have acted in all of those languages, but I love the American experience.

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Where I grew up, there was one supermarket, one school, one hairdresser, and that was it. It was a very small community.

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I'm not really into trends.

really trends

I love Tilda Swinton and the way she dresses. She always looks like a piece of art.

love looks way art

I'm not an actor that works in front of a mirror, who tries to repeat her actions or whatever.

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It sometimes happens that you come out of a scene, and you don't even know what happened. It's like you're in the zone.

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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.

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I'm kind of shy.

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When I go to a movie, I want to see stuff that I don't see in my normal life, and I want to see it all.

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You have to work your way up - that's how I was brought up and what I believe in: working hard.

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