Posted by Adam

Wednesday February 16, 2011

DIANE Kruger rarely gets recognized.

The Unknown actress — who has been in a relationship with actor Joshua Jackson for four years — prefers to dress down when she isn’t working, and so people never realize she is a famous movie star.

“Do I get recognized? Not really because I’m not usually made-up,” she said.

“My house in Paris is next door to a university and people think I work there. They constantly ask me directions, ‘Where’s room 405?’ And I’m like, ‘I really don’t know!’ ”

The 34-year-old former model also admitted she doesn’t think looks are important in Hollywood.

“I think I learned very quickly that it doesn’t really matter what you look like,” she said. “Obviously it’s Hollywood and you get your foot in if you look a certain way, let’s not kid ourselves, but there are a lot of beautiful people in the world.”

The German star went on to say that an actor’s success comes not from how they look but what they bring to the screen — and that the “most beautiful” people are those who portray their roles most convincingly.

“It’s about the journey and the emotional intensity you bring to the screen or the part that makes a character alive,” she said. “Even if you’re the most unattractive, by giving a performance that is emotional you become, on screen, literally the most beautiful person.”

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