Thomas Kretschmann Quotes

• My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Reputation, Private

• I’ve worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that’s my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Opportunity

  Tags in Worked

• I’m proud of the fact that I made my way in life very rigorously. I was a bit too stubborn when it came to certain things, which was unnecessary, like getting independent from and leaving Germany.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Proud

• I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thought, Distance

• I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it’s not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn’t, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Happy

• I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Experienced, Enjoy

• I don’t see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Film

• I don’t pretend anything anymore. I don’t have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Time, Energy

• Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that’s capable of transporting you.

  Thomas Kretschmann

  Topics in Honesty, Truth

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Birth:	8th September, 1962
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Actor

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