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 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.

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

Well, I don't know anything about television. I'd never done it before. Initially, it was quite daunting to take on so much challenge and so much time with it. I think it is a great outlet for an actress because you really have 13 hours to bring a character to life, which is so much more than with film, and you have the luxury of time to tell a story and to really color a character.

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

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.

People always think I’m dainty when they meet me, but I’m really not. I’m very German – we’re not made out of sugar.