Michiel Huisman quotes

Growing up in Holland, I always thought my name was boring, but in the U.S., all of a sudden I have a very cool name. (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.
Michiel Huisman
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.
Michiel Huisman
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.
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
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
You never just do a scene once; you do it an insane amount of times.
Michiel Huisman
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
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
The Age of Adaline was very special because it marks for me the first male lead on a proper Hollywood production.
Michiel Huisman