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" I'm on time even when I try not to be. "

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

Believe In Yourself

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

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" I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

Catholic School

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" 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. "

" You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing. "