Diane Kruger

Birthday: 15 July 1976, Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Birth Name: Diane Heidkrüger

Height: 170 cm

Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany, to Maria-Theresa, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, a computer specialist. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top fashion model. She later pursued acting and relocate... Show more »

"Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way."...Show more »

"Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way." - on Helen of Troy. Show less «

I'm a little bit worried about this sudden success. I am quite independent and I'm afraid that this ...Show more »

I'm a little bit worried about this sudden success. I am quite independent and I'm afraid that this privilege could escape from me. Show less «

Sometimes it takes courage and experience to allow yourself to actually go there, and it's the most ...Show more »

Sometimes it takes courage and experience to allow yourself to actually go there, and it's the most liberating thing to let go. I do think that's why I love acting - you're right, it's being someone that you're not. And sometimes you're really scared of it, and then once you let yourself go there, it's the best thing ever. Show less «

With Wolfgang Petersen, we were always the only two ready at time and the first on the set during th...Show more »

With Wolfgang Petersen, we were always the only two ready at time and the first on the set during the filming of Troy (2004). The German rigour without a doubt. Show less «

[on being inspired by Romy Schneider] I dreamed about coming to France and finding a French boyfrien...Show more »

[on being inspired by Romy Schneider] I dreamed about coming to France and finding a French boyfriend and making French movies. I thought there was a romance to her life, at least when I was younger, that I just so admired and I do love French films and there was a light inside of her that I remember, since I was very young, that just made me dream and it inspired me so much and I fell in love with French cinema because of her and I will say that the French have welcomed me like one of their own. I started out in France. I went to drama school in France and to this day I'm their adopted step-kid and when I'm in a great film I'm French, not so great I'm Franco-Allemande (French/German). Show less «

[on her role as Asperger's-afflicted "Sonya Cross" in The Bridge (2013)] I am fiercely protective of...Show more »

[on her role as Asperger's-afflicted "Sonya Cross" in The Bridge (2013)] I am fiercely protective of her. I think she has integrity. She is strong and yet really, really vulnerable and lonely in her personal life. It's the most colorful character I've ever been allowed to play. Show less «

It was something strange for me, to kiss Orlando. I was so embarassed! It is not as fun as people th...Show more »

It was something strange for me, to kiss Orlando. I was so embarassed! It is not as fun as people think to shoot love scenes. You feel vulnerable, and there are about 100 people looking at you. Show less «

[on her quitting modeling] I thought "fuck everyone" and moved back to Paris, called my agent and sa...Show more »

[on her quitting modeling] I thought "fuck everyone" and moved back to Paris, called my agent and said I didn't want to model any more, which they couldn't believe because I was 22 and doing very well. But I left it and went to drama school, and I'm so happy I did. Show less «

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