It's Taken Me A Long Time To

A Lot Of Directors Idealize Their Leading Ladies Or Turn Them Into These Objects Of Sexuality And Beauty.

Sometimes It Takes Courage And Experience To Allow Yourself To Actually Go Into Being Someone That You're Not, And It's The Most Liberating Thing To Let Go. I Do Think That's Why I Love Acting - 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.

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.

I Play A Curator, The Most American Part You Can Think Of. My Work Is To Protect The Declaration Of Independence. I Work At The National Archives In Washington.