I've made movies where I was not happy, and I'd rather not work for a year than do a bad film. It takes a long time for me to recuperate when I do that.

I've always hated people in costumes with big heads, where you don't know what's behind it.

People look at me as an exotic person, which is great, because whatever Hollywood is, it seems very dogmatic to me, especially when you're a woman. But I always get excused because I'm German.

What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person's hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.

We learn English from fifth grade on in school, and I was an exchange student when I was 17 in Houston.

As an audience, if you see 1800s or something, it more often seems that the actors are carrying the weight of the time. It always has a Shakespearean tone to it. To me, that always feels very theatrical and very unrelatable.

I never wear fur, and I am a spokesperson for PETA.

As a creative person, you want to be creative, you know? You don't want to constantly wait around - a lot of movies fall apart, or there's just not as much out there as there used to be.

'The Princess and the Warrior' is looking at the same things as 'Lola' - just from a different angle.

The more crazy a person is, the more interesting the person is.