151 Quotes by Diane Kruger

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.

I know a lot of people think, ‘She’s so glamorous.’ But that’s really not me at all.

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 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.

I don’t make movies thinking: ‘Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.’

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.

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.

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.