Michiel Huisman

“To play different characters on a TV show where you're working every day, playing multiple characters every day, it's so ridiculously intense.”

“TV has gotten perhaps better than your average film script, but at the same time, it's fun to give it all you've got for a few months and produce a story.”

“I think it will be great if we have more female directors in the world.”

“Rutger Hauer is a very famous Dutch actor who did quite a lot internationally. Another Dutch actress who is working a lot is called Famke Janssen. There's a few more.”

“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.”

“Old Vespas are very appealing to me. I love the way they feel. I love the way they smell. I love the curves on them. I have one of the earliest Vespas ever made, from the 1950s.”

“I'm becoming more and more of a backwoodsman. I always used to be more of a city guy, and more and more, I'm starting to enjoy being in nature. Just to sit and slow down a little bit.”

“You would have to go really crazy on me before I throw a punch.”

“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.”

“I learned English at school, or at least that's how it started. Also, in Holland - as opposed to some other European countries - we don't dub anything, so as a kid growing up, always watching English and American movies in their original language really helped.”

“You never just do a scene once; you do it an insane amount of times.”

“I know that James Brown recording where he sings about Chicago. I think he sings, like, 'Chicago, my hometown!' That's what I think of when I think of Chicago. And I think of Chicago Bulls.”

“Usually when I'm on a plane, I try to enjoy the fact that I have to be still for eight hours and read a book.”

“I love doing scenes with two actors in an elevator, but sometimes I'm a little boy, and I like swinging a sword with 800 soldiers around.”

“One of the fun things as an actor is to really spread your wings as wide as possible and do a variety of roles. I've been really lucky in that sense, I think.”

“All I know is that I'm a warrior in 'Game of Thrones,' where all men must die, so it might happen at one point. But I feel like they're going to take the story where they think they need to go, so I'll wait, and I'll gladly do whatever they write.”

“The great actors, like Cary Grant, and the gentlemanliness that they portray in the movies is something that I try to keep in mind.”

“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.”

“It's hard work to think away all those 200 people or 40 people, whatever the crew is, that are around behind the camera. To also think about, 'Whatever I'm doing now is going to be seen by a million people,' it doesn't really help my performance.”

“The 'Age of Adaline' was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.”