To me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration. It's maybe hard to believe, but as a kid I really had a lot of self-doubts. My father was very ill - he was an alcoholic - so there were a lot of things that built up for me. And because I was going to a Catholic school in a small German town, a lot of it was suppressed. I was angry and didn't know how to get it out.

I like to stay fit by being generally active.

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.

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

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.

The only song I can sing is “Lady in Red” so that must tell you how great it must have been.

I don't have any romantic ideas about marriage. Trust me. A white dress... ? No. It's not something for me.