Top 90 Diane Kruger Quotes
#1. There is another movie I love that always sticks with me and influenced me called "Frankie" starring Diane Kruger as a model past her prime trying to make it work and going crazy from how she is treated.
Zoe Cassavetes
#2. I'm always the one on the carpet that will be wearing something that nobody else will pick from the collection. I feel like I have some style soul sisters out there, like Diane Kruger and Zoe Saldana, they feel very much kindred spirits when it comes to style.
Jaime King
#3. There's something to be said about a girl who knows what she wants. One of my favorite girls to dress is Diane Kruger. It's always so easy with her. I know her body and what works. When it's right, it's not a lot of effort.
Jason Wu
#4. 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.
Diane Kruger
#5. 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
#6. 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.
Diane Kruger
#7. For exercise, I tend to like the outdoors. In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot. I like to stay fit by being generally active.
Diane Kruger
#8. I see myself raising my children in Europe, probably in Paris.
Diane Kruger
#9. The only song I can sing is 'Lady in Red' so that must tell you how great it must have been.
Diane Kruger
#10. You have to have the passion. I could not live if I wasn't an actor. If you're just in it for beautiful dresses and movie stars, then I think you should not be an actor.
Diane Kruger
#11. I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.
Diane Kruger
#12. I went to a Catholic school, and I just rebelled.
Diane Kruger
#13. I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.
Diane Kruger
#14. 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
#15. 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.
Diane Kruger
#16. You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.
Diane Kruger
#17. I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.
Diane Kruger
#18. 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.
Diane Kruger
#19. I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.
Diane Kruger
#20. You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.'
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#21. I think they went with the idea that people know the story pretty much- knowing that he's going to take her when she's going to go with him. Also, the movie is really focused on Achilles and Hector and their battles.
Diane Kruger
#22. I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.
Diane Kruger
#23. 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
#24. I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.
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#25. 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.
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#26. You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?
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#27. Hopefully, every character that I take on, as I grow older, becomes more interesting. Obviously, as I grow older, I have more to bring to the table and more experiences that I've lived myself, so I'm hoping that I can color my characters, more and more.
Diane Kruger
#28. 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
#29. I would do anything for a part, nearly anything. Being in movies doesn't mean being pretty.
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#30. I have three goddaughters - I'm not sure why they trust me, because I have no experience with children - but I try.
Diane Kruger
#31. I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress ... ? No. It's not something for me.
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#32. In Paris, I rent a bike in the street and cycle around, and in L.A. I live up in the hills so I go hiking a lot.
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#33. Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.
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#34. I don't believe in marriage. I believe in a commitment that you make in your heart. There's no paper that will make you stay.
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#35. Modeling is so ... not superficial. Well, I guess it is. But it's boring.
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#36. I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight.
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#37. I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask the questions. That's been the focus while I'm in my thirties - to become an accomplished woman, rather than some actress.
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#38. 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.
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#39. I never thought I would have an opportunity to act in the United States, and continue to expand my career outside of Europe. To be honest, my reality is bigger than I would have ever dared to dream.
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#40. A well-cut dress is my personal style. I definitely like it classic; less is more. The thing I despise most is vulgarity.
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#42. My sport is biking. I'm not much of a gym person, but I like being outside - hiking, canoeing, camping.
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#43. I play a curator, the most American part you can think of. My work is to protect the Declaration of Independence. I work at the National Archives in Washington.
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#44. I think commitment is very important, particularly for me.
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#45. Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.
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#46. I'm very independent. I'm not sure how I'd deal with someone who wanted to be with me 24/7.
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#47. In between films I like to travel and hope to visit every continent before I become a mother.
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#48. I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'
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#49. Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.
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#50. I truly, genuinely like clothes. Making them is an art form, and wearing them is a form of self-expression. I find it very emotional because I can remember moments in my life - my mood, how I felt - through these clothes.
Diane Kruger
#51. Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.
Diane Kruger
#52. But quite honestly, personally, I was much more concerned - I mean, there's not much I can do about my appearance obviously other than spending four hours in hair and makeup.
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#53. I love Nic Cage. He was so much fun to work with.
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#54. I do watch what I eat, but not for weight reasons.
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#55. 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
#56. It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.
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#57. Sometimes you can write a great scene, but when you're actually in a situation and it doesn't work, you have to be flexible enough to make it work for you.
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#58. 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.
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#59. 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.
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#60. I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.
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#61. I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.
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#62. With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.
Diane Kruger
#63. When I was younger - it might be a romantic idea - I always thought I might go crazy.
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#64. I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.
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#65. I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.
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#66. 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.
Diane Kruger
#67. 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
#68. I'm European, small, dainty - but I actually consider myself more of a tomboy.
Diane Kruger
#69. When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.
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#70. Family is becoming more and more important to me.
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#71. When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.
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#72. A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.
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#73. The real challenge is to give a really nuanced performance and really push myself, to make sure that we see a very complete picture of a woman living with Asperger's. Of course, I'm always intrigued. I learn so much from the show about storylines that actually happen on the border.
Diane Kruger
#74. 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.
Diane Kruger
#75. 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 mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.
Diane Kruger
#77. 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.'
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#78. I come from a very small rural village in northern Germany, and being an actor never even seemed like a possibility. I thought you would have to live in a big city, or be discovered somewhere, or be born into an artistic family, which I certainly wasn't.
Diane Kruger
#79. If you're with someone who makes you happy in your personal life, then you're happy with where you're at.
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#80. It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play.
Diane Kruger
#81. People should get married at the end of the road, not the beginning.
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#82. 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.
Diane Kruger
#84. You should be smart enough to know that you don't know everything. But you have to believe in yourself. I certainly do.
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#85. It's fun being one of the boys. It's fun to have a character that's rough and gets down and dirty and not to be this precious girl who just sits in the corner and just sort of stands by the action.
Diane Kruger
#86. 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
#87. What you wear is such an expression of who you are. That's like someone picking out who I'm going to date!
Diane Kruger
#90. I dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. I studied with the Royal Academy of London for 11 years, and that did not pan out, but my love for being on stage was born there. And then, I actually went to drama school in Paris, France. That's where it first started.
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