Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul. Michiel Huisman More Quotes by Michiel Huisman More Quotes From Michiel Huisman It sounds so weird, but I'm totally pro-aging. If you look at the film industry, it's so funny how it's so much more accepted that actors begin their prime in their forties or fifties, and for women it's so different. I think it's time to change that. Aging is a beautiful thing. Michiel Huisman beautifullooksthinking When it comes to being a techie, I'm always precise about the things that I want to know. I love understanding how things work. Michiel Huisman techieunderstandingwant The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind. Michiel Huisman actorsmindtrying The Dutch film industry is a pretty small community, so within Holland, I think most actors know each other and have worked with each other. The actors that are working internationally - that's a small number. Michiel Huisman filmcommunitythinking I'm always repeating myself. You never just do a scene once, you do it an insane amount of times. Michiel Huisman amountinsanescene The funny thing is, whenever I'm working on something, I kind of forget there's a lot of people watching. It makes it easier to be in the moment and to tell a story as well as possible. Michiel Huisman funny-thingsstoriespeople Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have with New Orleans. Especially for the music. Michiel Huisman new-orleanscitiesmissing I played soccer, and I played in a band, and sometimes I was able to do a movie. And my school would cooperate. It was a very easy way to roll into what later became my profession. It's more innocent. When you're a child actor in the U.S., it's a different thing I think. Michiel Huisman soccerchildrenschool I started acting as a kid and doing advertising campaigns. I was probably 8 years old, and I really liked the attention. Michiel Huisman actingkidsyears When you get to work with great people like on our movie, Blake and Ellen Burstyn and Harrison and Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, the first minute or two it's like, 'Oh my God, I'm working with you,or Harrison,' people you've admired for so long, after like five minutes you realize we're all trying to do the same thing, we all have a passion for telling good stories and we're going to try to make the story the best possible. Michiel Huisman passiontwolong The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production. Michiel Huisman specialagefirsts I respect motorcycles so much. They've come such a long way. It's amazing! Michiel Huisman motorcyclelongway I always used to be more of a city guy, and more and more I'm starting to enjoy being in nature. Michiel Huisman usedguycities There was not an industry for child actors. I never really made any money. It was all about fun for me. Michiel Huisman actorsfunchildren Stepping on set is always overwhelming. Michiel Huisman overwhelming I went on to host a kids' program from when I was around 10 until 15. In some ways I'm a child actor. Michiel Huisman actorskidschildren I think it's hard to convince an audience of some sort of chemistry if you really don't get along. Michiel Huisman audiencechemistrythinking I think once everything is in place, once you've kind of wrapped your head around the story and the character, it's very liberating and you can start doing things like you would do. Michiel Huisman storiescharacterthinking I guess I was a child actor. Acting was one of the things I did alongside going to school: I'd be playing guitar, I'd be playing soccer, and I would be acting in movies. Michiel Huisman movieschildguitarschool It's really fun to think about what it would be like to see Walter Davidson step onto a modern-day motorcycle. He'd probably go insane! But motorcycles were such a part of him. Michiel Huisman stepthinkmotorcyclefun
