Top 40 Diane Kruger Quotes

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

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

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

Life is more important than work.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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’m on time even when I try not to be.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

Strong brows give me character.

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

I’m not a snob.

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 like to stay fit by being generally active.

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

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.