The funny thing is most people don’t approach me because they are scared, and that’s fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you’re not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you’re scared of is really what you shouldn’t be scared of. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
I was convinced that acting was for fools. I was on the stage when I was eight with my father, he was playing one of those Greek blind guys that sees things and warns people, whilst I was in a blue skirt. I think there were 5,000 people in the theatre, it was ridiculous. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
I don’t make the decision about what percentage of good guy or bad guy I play. For some reason, if I put my energy into the bad guy, that scares people. It’s magic. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
If you’ve done what you need to do, you need to go bury yourself, because what else are you going to do? I think that that’s where life stops. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
Well, of course, every actor’s limited, and I am the first one to admit it, in all honesty, when I think that I’ve hit the wall a bit. I’m not ashamed at all, I think it’s a process that you have to go through. That’s how you learn. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
I think one third of my work is with first-time directors because I think I should, you know? Really, the difference between a first-time director and a second- or third-time director – I mean there’s no director who makes enough movies anyway – but if they’re talented, they have it. And there is no movie that is perfect. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
I think I’m an actor. You can hire me. I can do a good job. But you also have to get lucky now and then. Every film-maker knows how hard it is to do a good film. You have to just make many, and see how lucky you get. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
Most of the real bad guys in the world are people like you and me; they’re not stupid, and you can’t smell their horns. Rutger Hauer Read Quote
