Renate Stuurman

"My natural crown is a celebration of who I am"

"You cant shame someone into feeling good about themselves; they have to come to it on their own time"

"I am not at a stage where I feel like a veteran"

"I dont mind not being on TV for a certain time, as long as in that time I am busy with something"

"Ive learnt that hair and beauty are deeply personal"

"When a show has been running for a while, the actors form a bond and a rhythm of the show and they get into a groove. When you get there you have to match that energy"

"My heart will always belong to the stage"

"I then stopped reading because I decided that I needed to bring this person to life onscreen because a character in a book is different."

"I like my work to be one side and just leave it there and then I come to a place where I am accepted, a place where I can just be me and fun things and be happy."

"Every actors job is to get her act right and make sure that she gels so well with the other actors that viewers cant tell that you are new"

"I think often we are told the story that powerful women cant get along right? But I think its kind of a male perspective course when men are together they somehow feel like there can only be one dominant male. Like, theres only enough light for one spot light and so when they look at women they project that onto women as well"

"Even in the same industry, the presence of healthy competition doesnt imply that we (women) dont respect each other. I think it also says a lot about the person when they find another powerful woman to be threatening. It says something about how you see yourself as opposed to what the other women are doing"