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We're totally crushing on Diane Kruger!

The German beauty shows off her smarts and down-to-earth quality in an interview with Interview magazine in their September issue. We had no idea she was so lovely and grounded! Not to mention, beautiful!

In a spread shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, the actress makes looking that good seem effortless.

Check out some of the highlights from her interview:

On working with director Quentin Tarantino:
"I have to say that what Quentin does best is write for women. All the female characters in his movies are very powerful, very smart. He really wants women to come through as these fierce creatures….A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty. But for Quentin, it's not about that. He really elevates you, but not in the sense of how we'll you're lit or how well you're dressed - it seems sometimes like he doesn't really care about that stuff; he's someone who looks at women much more as part of his creation. I feel like I've never been looked at by a director in quite the way Quentin looks at me. He and I really clicked."

On why she left modeling:
"I’ve got to tell you, 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."

When asked if she ever felt she was too beautiful to be taken seriously:
"No, and that’s a silly thing to say anyway. Because, first of all, you sound like an ass if you say that. Brad Pitt seems to have no problem getting parts that he wants, nor does Angelina Jolie. Not that I’m saying I look like either of them, but I just don’t think that it has anything to do with that. It’s the emotions or characters you are able to take on that will get you work, not necessarily the way you look. Obviously, beauty can open doors—it is Hollywood, after all—but that’s not enough."

On whether or not she feels overexposed in the eye of the public:
"No, not at all. I say that because I refuse to be living in a bubble. I’m sorry, I cannot live my life sipping cocktails at the Chateau Marmont. Neither he nor I were raised that way. We come from really lower-middle-class families. I don’t know how I could portray those people in movies if I didn’t know what reality is anymore. I refuse that."

We love her!

The September issue of Interview is on stands now.

Posted: September 3, 2009 at 11:30 am