Diane Kruger is one of those people we rarely cover because she’s very restrained in her public image. I admire her from afar and would love to look like her and cozy up to Joshua Jackson every night. There are occasional juicy blind items that point towards her private life, but I don’t put much stock into them.

Diane is raring up for the second season of The Bridge, in which she plays a detective with Asperger’s syndrome. She’s also the face of Mytheresa, so she’s given some fashion-type interviews. She did a video interview with Harper’s Bazaar where she raves about her favorite Stella McCartney dress (ack). Diane says, “I think most women dress for other women. It’s easy to please a man, the shorter the skirt and the sexier the dress, they will most likely approve of your outfit.” Do most women really dress for other women? That’s hard for me to relate to. Most of my friends are pretty casual, and working at home means I rarely dress up at all. What do you think?

Diane also did a cover story with the Sunday Times. She talks about a lot of stuff:

She & Joshua threw a bbq for 45 friends: “I didn’t hire any help. We cooked for two days, then had to clean up for two and a half days. We both love cooking, so we made everything from scratch. He smoked the ribs first for hours, and I baked the cake. It was endless, but fun. Well … you can’t spend your life drinking cocktails at the Chateau Marmont. I’ve come to accept that being still for a minute is actually a good thing, and yes, some of that comes from having a partner who gives me a strong sense of myself.” She says they love to “hike, and throw lots of parties for friends.”

The reality of Hollywood: “It’s a tough place, as glamorous as you think it is, and as ugly as you think it is. Everyone in LA is scared. Everyone is worried that if you don’t take this job, it’s over. I see it all the time: men and women who come here and are miserable. You have to have a strong sense of yourself away from it all. There’s a whole other side to me that nobody knows.”

Playing a detective with Asperger’s: “A lot of girls who have it are labelled cold or a bitch. That’s very telling of our society.” Coldness is rarely what it seems, I say. “Listen, I fight that every day. I think men can make comments or have strong opinions, and people will say they’re a genius or intense. Or smart. As women, we get labelled, ‘Oh, she’s a bitch, she’s difficult.’ And often, you’re just trying to get something done.”

Talk of kids with Joshua: Next, she’s making a French film — she tries to do one a year, so she can spend time in her house in Paris. Jackson is “doing a project” in Montauk, Long Island, so they will “probably spend the summer in New York.” “We don’t have kids yet,” she says, “but I assume that if we have some, travelling is going to be more difficult.” She says that LA is “great for younger kids, but for education, I think it would need to be Europe.”

Acting at age 37: “Most of us want to hide, we’re scared of being hurt, but you have to be ready to be open and vulnerable, and that can be exhilarating. Some people say, ‘Oh no, I couldn’t do that, that’s too much.’ I have never, ever felt that. There’s no limit to what you can do if you work hard enough for it.”

[From Sunday Times]

There’s plenty to digest in this interview. The part about being labelled “cold or a bitch” is interesting, not just in the context of The Bridge. Diane is a fashion girl and is often seen but not heard on the red carpet. Her classic, ice blonde looks also contribute to a “cold” look at times. I think Diane is terrifically glamourous, but her words tell me that she’s dealt with a lot of judgy sniping.

The part about Diane and Joshua throwing a huge barbeque party for their friends is kinda awesome. They both did everything and didn’t hire any help. I believe it. Diane is always papped at the grocery store. She buys a lot food for a person who says she forgets to eat. Here she is a few weeks ago with two separate grocery hauls, two days apart.

Photos courtesy of Sunday Times, Fame/Flynet & WENN