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" I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the French film community was very welcoming to me when I was a young actress. "

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" 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. "

Diane Kruger

Looking Back

Looking

Job

" 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. "

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

" Family is becoming more and more important to me. "

Diane Kruger

Important

Family

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter. "

" I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that. "

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

" It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play. "

Diane Kruger

Time

Play

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

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

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

" Modeling is so... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring. "

" I don't have to work just to work anymore. More interesting parts come my way, so I can afford to say, 'I don't want to make that.' "

" I only dance when I go out. "

" 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. "

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

" Strong brows give me character. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Diane Kruger

Rent

Bike

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

" I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington. "

" I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with. "

Diane Kruger

Cage

Work

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

Diane Kruger

Trust

Three

" 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. "

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

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

Diane Kruger

Glamorous

People

" I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens. "