The reason I stopped modeling was because I wasn't pleased with trying to portray something that is impossible to reach. Even when I do photo shoots now for films, I'm just not interested in trying to look my best all the time anymore. That pursuit of an impossible perfection seems ridiculous to me now. I'd rather show my vulnerabilities or my doubts than try to be something that no one is.

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.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

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

I do watch what I eat, but not for weight reasons.

I made a French film called "Merry Christmas" which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it.