Diane Kruger Quotes

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’m European, small, dainty – but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.

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

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 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.

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

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 snob.

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

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

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

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

I think commitment is very important, particularly for me.

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

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.

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 on time even when I try not to be.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Strong brows give me character.

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.

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.