I have a kind of boring personal life, to the paparazzi anyway, and I don't hang with the cool crowd.

Above all, I dislike vulgarity.

When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.

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.

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

I dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. I studied with the Royal Academy of London for 11 years, and that did not pan out, but my love for being on stage was born there. And then, I actually went to drama school in Paris, France. That's where it first started.

Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.