Being as restless as I am by nature, I couldn't simply just be on set, wait for my turn to rehearse for the week. And I kept reading, but it wasn't enough for me.

Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

I've written and translated my own poems from English to German. It's basically a summation of my identity as it stands now.

There's always an added element of a poem when it's read aloud because then you can really hear the rhythm, and the cadence, and even the pronunciation sometimes adds another layer to the poem.

While some mothers sing lullabies to their children, my mother read me poetry. And to this day, I associate my strongest and most insistent feelings with words lyrically organized on a page.

I need to be able to write a poem after every film and to kind of cleanse myself from the character because for about three months or so, I'm constantly living through the character's eyes.