Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don’t know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It’s such a hard job to have. I don’t have any regrets about it.

I'm intrigued more and more by complex female characters because I'm more in touch with myself. I realize how screwed up or complex I am. And I'm flattered that, little by little, more and more directors want to meet me.

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.

A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.

Family is becoming more and more important to me.

I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.

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.