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. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
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. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
When I auditioned for Tim Robbins for ‘Cradle Will Rock,’ the young girl who read with me was very young, and I said to Tim, ‘I’m sorry, but I don’t have enough imagination to pretend this girl is my husband!’ And he said, ‘Well, I’ll read it with you.’ Which was very nice; he was the director. And I ended up getting the part. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
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. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
Women who are stronger than the society allows them to be often feel a need for something stronger than themselves, and to dissolve into it. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
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. Barbara Sukowa Read Quote
