"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."
Quotes by Diane Kruger
36 quotes
Diane Kruger is a German actress. She is a former model-turned-actress who, early in her film career, gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
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Diane Kruger quotes on Action
View all Action quotes →"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."
"I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty."
"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Politics
View all Politics quotes →"I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece."
"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 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."
"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Experience
View all Experience quotes →"I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try."
"I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people."
"Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good."
Diane Kruger quotes on Trust
View all Trust quotes →"I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me."
"I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me."
"I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me."
Diane Kruger quotes on Travel
View all Travel quotes →"I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece."
"In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother."
"In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother."
Diane Kruger quotes on Beauty
View all Beauty quotes →"Critics can be harsh and I think it's going to take me a long time to make people see what I have inside of me and that I really put my guts into movies and that I'm not superficial and that I'm not just a pretty face."
"A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty."
"I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse."
Diane Kruger quotes on Hope
View all Hope quotes →"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."
"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Motivation
View all Motivation quotes →"I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try."
Diane Kruger quotes on Power
View all Power quotes →"When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy."
Diane Kruger quotes on Music
View all Music quotes →"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Literature
View all Literature quotes →"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Philosophy
View all Philosophy quotes →"What counts in Hollywood is box office. It doesn't really matter what people think of you as an actor because, as long as you have been in a movie that has made money, you will always get another job."
Diane Kruger quotes on Peace
View all Peace quotes →"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Anger
View all Anger quotes →"Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration."
Diane Kruger quotes on Sadness
View all Sadness quotes →"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Imagination
View all Imagination quotes →"I like the idea of accessibility, coming from a lower-middle-class background myself, I feel like beauty and products should be accessible to all women over the world."
Diane Kruger quotes on Health
View all Health quotes →"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."
Diane Kruger quotes on Education
View all Education quotes →"Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good."
Diane Kruger quotes on Work
View all Work quotes →"I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'"
Diane Kruger quotes on Family
View all Family quotes →"Family is becoming more and more important to me."
Diane Kruger quotes on Life
View all Life quotes →"I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd."