We have a saying in Germany. It is better to have loved and lost than to engage in a land war with Russia in the winter.

I sing a lot, even with my voice.

You never know why something works or doesn't.

I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.

With a family of six, there is always something to make, create and do together.

I spend a lot of time with my family. I go to bed early, don't watch too much television, don't read everything that's written about me whether positive or negative.

My career never suffered from my not being skinny. I never did catwalk work because I was always too big. I couldn't get the clothes over my hips.