“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.”
Beauty
“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.”
BeautyAll Quotes by Diane Kruger
“In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.”
Hope“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.”
War“I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.”
Marriage“I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.”
Cool“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.”
Famous“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.”
Cool“When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.”
Romantic“Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.”
Anger“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.”
Music“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.”
Movies“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.”
Age“A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.”
Beauty“I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.”
Movies“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.”
Music“Family is becoming more and more important to me.”
Family“I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.”
Experience“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.”
Beauty“I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.”
War“I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'”
Movies