I Know A Lot Of

The Reason I Stopped Modeling Was Because I Wasn't Pleased With Trying To Portray Something That Is Impossible To Reach. Even When I Do Photo Shoots Now For Films, I'm Just Not Interested In Trying To Look My Best All The Time Anymore. That Pursuit Of An Impossible Perfection Seems Ridiculous To Me Now. I'd Rather Show My Vulnerabilities Or My Doubts Than Try To Be Something That No One Is.

It's Fun Being One Of The Boys. It's Fun To Play A Character That's Rough And Gets Down And Dirty And Not To Be This Precious Girl Who Just Sits In The Corner And Just Sort Of Stands By The Action.

I Don't Think My Generation Carries The Weight Of World War Ii Anymore. But I've Got To Tell You, Even If We Don't Really Talk About It, We Get Reminded Constantly By Other People Or Other Countries. 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 Find Period Pieces Really Difficult To Get My Head Around. How Can We Know What It Must Have Been Like To Be In Nazi Germany In 1944? The Reality Weighs On Me Because I Feel Like You Want To Try And Honor What Happened, But How Can You Truly Know? I Have Never Lived In A War Or Lost Anyone.

Berlin Is Still Going Through A Transition Since The Cold War - Both In What Used To Be East And West Berlin. I Can Still Sense The Confusion And The Struggle For Identity There In The Streets. There's A Pulse To It.