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 don't want to live my life in a five-star hotel. That's not real life to me. You can't appreciate it.
I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.
I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.
I'm on time even when I try not to be.
You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.
Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.
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.'
It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.
In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.
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.
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.
I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking.
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 maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn't know how to get it out.
When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.
Family is becoming more and more important to me.
Above all, I dislike vulgarity.
I like to stay fit by being generally active.
