Where I grew up, there was one supermarket, one school, one hairdresser, and that was it. It was a very small community. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
At 14, I was modeling, which helped me come out of my shell, but I always dreamed of theater school. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
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. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
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. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
Being in the camera’s eye is like stepping into a dream world, one that is often more interesting than real life. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
I’m not an actor that works in front of a mirror, who tries to repeat her actions or whatever. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
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.’ Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
I speak Dutch, German, French, and English and have acted in all of those languages, but I love the American experience. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
I worked out six hours a day, six days a week, to get 16 pounds of extra muscle. Sylvia Hoeks Read Quote
