"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."

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

"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."

"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning."

"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."