Top 15 Sibel Kekilli Quotes

I think it’s so hard to get really, really strong parts where the actress can act. It’s rare.

I have to make sure I don’t eat too much chocolate. You can’t imagine how hard that is for a German to not eat chocolate.

Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That’s the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.

I have a coach, but I’m not theater-trained or a technical actor.

I’m acting from my heart. The way how I feel is the way how I act.

I wasn’t a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly.

I became an actor when I was 22.

If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it’s difficult to belong.

I’d like to say it is only average people who revel in the mistakes of others.

It’s not like I love dragons! Only on ‘Game of Thrones!’ Our dragons are amazing, and they look really real. But I think after ‘Game of Thrones,’ I won’t be a fantasy fan.

When I act, I try to understand the character, why she’s behaving like that.

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life.

It’s hard when you’re not a native speaker, because everyone’s laughing, and you’re like, ‘What was that? Can you tell me again?’

It’s so rare, actors who are not vain.

A lot of people in Islamic countries are taking it as a personal offense when people are talking about the violence against women in their culture.