Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical.
I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.
I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away with the story - I don't want the actor's ego in front of me. That's what I try to live when I do the work.
Rutger made a comeback of sorts in the last few years, playing villians in movies such as Sin City and Batman Begins.
Rutger won the Best Actor award at the 1988 Seattle International Film Festival for his appearance in the film The Legend of the Holy Drinker.
Rutger is considered Holland's greatest actor.
Rutger first appeared on television in 1954, when he was 11.
Rutger showed up for his meeting with Ridley Scott, the director of Blade Runner, with his hair bleached white, wearing flamboyant sunglasses, bright pink satin pants and a white sweater on which was a fox.
People Magazine said of Rutger, "Rutger's acting is worthy of attention because of his vividly strange characters."
Rutger says the first thing he learned in the U.S. was to believe in his own intuition.
Rutger claims he was unable to continue working on the freighter ship because he lost interest in sailing. In reality, it was due to his color blindness.
Rutger had a long working relationship with Turkish Delight director Paul Verhoeven.
Rutger only lasted 5 months in the Dutch military.
Rutger's first movie, "Turkish Delight," set box office records in Holland, bringing in an estimated 3,300,000 people.
Rutger's first film, Turkish Delight, was voted "Film of the Century" in Holland.
Rutger was awarded the prestigious "Actor of the Century" in Holland in 1999.
When Rutger was enrolled in drama school, he spent most of his time in Amsterdam coffee houses and wrote poetry, instead of studying.
Rutger was mostly raised by a nanny while growing up, as his parents were touring actors.
Rutger's wife Ineke is a painter and sculptor.
Rutger has been married twice, once in the sixties, and once in 1985.
Rutger was expelled from drama school because of lack of attendance.
The Dutch Mail Service issued a stamp in 1995 with Rutger on it, taken from a scene in Turkish Delight.
Rutger was the original choice for the lead in the film RoboCop.
Rutger is color-blind.
Rutger has been called the "Dutch Paul Newman."
Rutger has one daughter from his first marriage.
Rutger set up an AIDS research foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation.
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