Quotes from Diane Kruger

I like to stay fit by being generally active.

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

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

Strong brows give me character.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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'm not a snob.

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.

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

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.