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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.

Well, I Don't Know Anything About Television. I'd Never Done It Before. Initially, It Was Quite Daunting To Take On So Much Challenge And So Much Time With It. I Think It Is A Great Outlet For An Actress Because You Really Have 13 Hours To Bring A Character To Life, Which Is So Much More Than With Film, And You Have The Luxury Of Time To Tell A Story And To Really Color A Character.

To Me, Acting Is Very Therapeutic. I Get Out A Lot Of Anger And Frustration. It's Maybe Hard To Believe, But As A Kid I Really Had A Lot Of Self-doubts. My Father Was Very Ill - He Was An Alcoholic - So There Were A Lot Of Things That Built Up For Me. And Because I Was Going To A Catholic School In A Small German Town, A Lot Of It Was Suppressed. I Was Angry And Didn't Know How To Get It Out.

The Reason I Stopped Modeling Was Because I Was Not Pleased With Trying To Portray Something That Is Impossible To Reach. Even When I Do Photo Shoots Now For Films, I Am 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 Would Rather Show My Vulnerabilities Or My Doubts Than Try To Be Something That No One Is.

Looking Back At It Now, I Really Feel Like It Was A Gift Because I Don’t Know If I Have The Talent To Become A Prima Ballerina. It’s Such A Hard Job To Have. I Don’t Have Any Regrets About It.