Diane Kruger Quotations

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.

I grew up with classical music when I was a ballet dancer. Now when I have to prepare an emotional scene, to cry or whatever, I listen to sonatas. Vivaldi and stuff. It's just beautiful to me.

Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.

I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

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.

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.

You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.

I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.

Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.

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'm very independent. I'm not sure how I'd deal with someone who wanted to be with me 24/7.

It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.

Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.

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.

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 not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.

I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.

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.

My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

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.

When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.

What I really tried to do with Helen was make her show this sad side of her. She was married off at 16, was so young and living in this castle that can't leave because of how she looks, and married to a man she hates and three times her age.

I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens.

I think they went with the idea that people know the story pretty much- knowing that he's going to take her when she's going to go with him. Also, the movie is really focused on Achilles and Hector and their battles.

Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.

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.

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.

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.

But quite honestly, personally, I was much more concerned - I mean, there's not much I can do about my appearance obviously other than spending four hours in hair and makeup.

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 never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.

It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that.

I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do.

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.

I come from a very small rural village in northern Germany, and being an actor never even seemed like a possibility. I thought you would have to live in a big city, or be discovered somewhere, or be born into an artistic family, which I certainly wasn't.

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.

I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.

Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you.

I only dance when I go out.

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.

I didn't grow up watching a lot of TV.

I do watch what I eat, but not for weight reasons.

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.'

I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'

Television is also a great tool for women. As you know, the best female roles are often on television, so it's a very exciting time. I've really embraced it. The pace is great, but also not so great sometimes. You feel like you have to make sure to pay attention, at all times, to not let anything slip through.

I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight.

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful dresses and movie stars, then I think you should not be an actor.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.

I dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. I studied with the Royal Academy of London for 11 years, and that did not pan out, but my love for being on stage was born there. And then, I actually went to drama school in Paris, France. That's where it first started.

I like to stay fit by being generally active.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

Well, I don't know anything about television. I'd never done it before. Initially, it was quite daunting to take on so much challenge and so much time with it. I think it is a great outlet for an actress because you really have 13 hours to bring a character to life, which is so much more than with film, and you have the luxury of time to tell a story and to really color a character.

I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.

The real challenge is to give a really nuanced performance and really push myself, to make sure that we see a very complete picture of a woman living with Asperger's. Of course, I'm always intrigued. I learn so much from the show about storylines that actually happen on the border.

I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.

I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.

I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with.

I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

The only song I can sing is Lady in Red so that must tell you how great it must have been.

People should get married at the end of the road, not the beginning.

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.

When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.

I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.

A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.

People always think I’m dainty when they meet me, but I’m really not. I’m very German – we’re not made out of sugar.

Hopefully, every character that I take on, as I grow older, becomes more interesting. Obviously, as I grow older, I have more to bring to the table and more experiences that I've lived myself, so I'm hoping that I can color my characters, more and more.

I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay.

The reason I stopped modeling was because I was not pleased with trying to portray something that is impossible to reach. Even when I do photo shoots now for films, I am just not interested in trying to look my best all the time anymore. That pursuit of an impossible perfection seems ridiculous to me now. I would rather show my vulnerabilities or my doubts than try to be something that no one is.

I truly, genuinely like clothes. Making them is an art form, and wearing them is a form of self-expression. I find it very emotional because I can remember moments in my life - my mood, how I felt - through these clothes.

What you wear is such an expression of who you are. That's like someone picking out who I'm going to date!

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

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.

I went to a Catholic school, and I just rebelled.

I think commitment is very important, particularly for me.

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.

I was much more concerned to look beyond that and make her more youthful, vulnerable, and show how sad she must have been from stories. So tragic.

You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.'

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

The only song I can sing is 'Lady in Red' so that must tell you how great it must have been.

When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.

Critics can be harsh and I think it's going to take me a long time to make people see what I have inside of me and that I really put my guts into movies and that I'm not superficial and that I'm not just a pretty face.

I see myself raising my children in Europe, probably in Paris.

The script was very explicit about the nudity that was supposed to be in the movie. Actually, they don't show everything we shot. They would cut here and it was floored. It was very embarrassing.

I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.

In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.

I'm on time even when I try not to be.

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.

If you're with someone who makes you happy in your personal life, then you're happy with where you're at.