“A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.”
Beauty
“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.”
CoolAll Quotes by Diane Kruger
“I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.”
Cool“I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.”
Experience“I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.”
War“I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.”
Beauty“Family is becoming more and more important to me.”
Family“When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.”
Romantic“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 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“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“I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.”
Movies“I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.”
Famous“I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.”
Marriage“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“In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.”
Hope“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.”
Money“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“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