In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.
— Diane Kruger
I find that classical music helps put me in a place that is very calming and allows me to express emotion through my body. I played clarinet as a child, so I guess I have a bit of a musical ear.
When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.
I think Charlize Theron is just as good when she is looking really pretty in a movie as when she gains 10 pounds and puts on a nose. I applaud her - good for her that she doesn't care. But she's just as good, whether she's pretty or not.
You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.
The ultimate art form of fashion is couture. I completely geek out when it comes to couture. It shows fashion as it used to be. I don't know how many people can actually afford the clothes, but in a way, that's beside the point.
It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.
Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.
I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.
I'm on time even when I try not to be.
I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.
I don't want to live my life in a five-star hotel. That's not real life to me. You can't appreciate it.
Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.
You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.'
I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.
I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.
I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight.
I like to stay fit by being generally active.
My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping.
I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask the questions. That's been the focus while I'm in my thirties - to become an accomplished woman, rather than some actress.
I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking.
I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.
I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the French film community was very welcoming to me when I was a young actress.
I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.
I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world.
When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.
Strong brows give me character.
Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.
I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that.
It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to have a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.
I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.
I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.
I think commitment is very important, particularly for me.
For exercise, I tend to like the outdoors. In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot. I like to stay fit by being generally active.
Above all, I dislike vulgarity.
Family is becoming more and more important to me.
It's maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn't know how to get it out.
I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.
I'm not a snob.
In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.
I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.'
You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.
With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.
What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job.
I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.
I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'
Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it.
Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.
A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.
I see myself raising my children in Europe, probably in Paris.
