The Dutch are a very practical people.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

It's not as if you can act bigger to fit the surroundings or the budget more. Whatever, it just doesn't work that way.

I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette.

During my first visit, I was really struck by how deeply religious many Oklahomans are. It is a very conservative state and as somebody who grew up in a very liberal country, it was jarring to me at first.

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.

As a European I had fit in almost seamlessly in New York for the last 25 years, but in Oklahoma I stood out like a sore thumb.