Barbara Sukowa Quotes

Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
I always feel like I'm an actress.
I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
I am what I am. I'm not going to get plastic surgery. I had this discussion with my younger son. We were at a dermatologist, and this dermatologist suggested to me that I wanted to avoid wrinkles. Those wrinkles show that I have laughed a lot in my life, why should I want to erase that? Why would I erase the traces of my life which I loved?
I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
I don't think there is such a thing as a German movie star. There are respected actors, but we are not publicized like TV people.
I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.
I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
I never really caught on in America. I don't have an agent. It's too strange for me.
I started to read labels around age 18 or 19. I don't buy things that don't sound like food, and I've been that way all my life. I do go through phases, during which I eat meat for maybe three months then don't. I do eat lots of vegetables. It's the same with dairy - I'll eat it then stop.
I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.
I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
I'm a real optimist.
I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
In Germany, of course, the Holocaust will always be in our history and a big stain on our lives.
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02 February, 1950
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