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

I'm not one of those women who thinks beauty is a curse.

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.

I only dance when I go out.

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.

I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight.

I didn't grow up watching a lot of TV.