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" I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi. "
Barbara Sukowa
Playing
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Excited
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" There was a time for German stars in the 1950s with Curt Jurgens, Hardy Kruger, O. W. Fischer, and Maria Schell. That was a totally different generation. It all ended in 1968 during the big students' movement in my country. It was an anti-authority movement that changed everything. All my country's hierarchies, morals and values were questioned. "
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" Women who are stronger than the society allows them to be often feel a need for something stronger than themselves, and to dissolve into it. "
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" To make a movie about someone who is thinking and writing is scary. There's no big love story, no action, no drama. It's not an easy task. "
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" I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history. "
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World
Find
History
" They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage. "
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" I would like people to get a differentiated historical view of Germany. "
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" My English is good because I have a good ear. "
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Ear
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" We really love to learn and explore things. "
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Learn
" I always feel like I'm an actress. "
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Always
Like
Feel
" For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before. "
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Understanding
Time
Never
" I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people. "
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Star
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Like
" I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities. "
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Important
Moral
Politicians
" We live in a world where we don't really hear ideas. We just hear propaganda. That's not just boring. It's also very dangerous. "
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" In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives. "
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Big
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History
" I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times. "
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Many
Times
Performed
" I'm a real optimist. "
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Real
Optimist
" I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that. "
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Important
You
Stop
" I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all. "
Barbara Sukowa
Opinions
Always
She
" I started to read labels around age 18 or 19. I don't buy things that don't sound like food, and I've been that way all my life. I do go through phases, during which I eat meat for maybe three months then don't. I do eat lots of vegetables. It's the same with dairy - I'll eat it then stop. "
Barbara Sukowa
Age
Life
My Life
" You can only be a monster if people let you be a monster. "
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People
You
Only
" Normally, if you play a part, you have the words, and you invent the personality out of your experience, your knowledge - your life, in a way. "
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Knowledge
Experience
Personality
" I never really caught on in America. I don't have an agent. It's too strange for me. "
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Too
Caught
Me
" I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer. "
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Say
Singer
Respect
" In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are. "
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Film
Stars
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