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Diane Kruger was an "angry child" who had an unhappy family life while she was growing up.
The German actress grew up with an alcoholic father and had an unhappy childhood.
The 36-year-old blonde discovered classical ballet at an early age and saw it as a way of escaping her troubled family.
"I was an introverted, angry child," Diane confessed to Manhattan magazine.
“When I was six or seven I learnt that through ballet and its physical demands, I could express emotion and be rewarded for it. It was unconscious, but I felt free and valued.”
Diane's initial ambition in life was to be a professional ballerina.
When she realised she would never make it as a dancer she started pursuing acting instead.
"By 11, I realised I didn't have the talent to be a prima ballerina," she recounted. "That's a pretty sucky thing to find out."
It was with the 2004 movie Troy that Diane became a household name.
This was when she really began to understand the differences between Hollywood and European cinema.
"Troy premiered at Cannes; all of a sudden everybody knew my name," she continued. "[Troy] it was not the success we thought it might be. There's a lot of fear in Hollywood, which is the most different aspect to French cinema."
In her latest role Diane stars as alien villainess The Seeker in The Host.
Diane proudly declared that she is a sci-fi geek and so relished the chance to play the complex character.
"I'm a Star Trek, Star Wars person," she declared. "[On her character in The Host] But really, is she a villain or not? That’s the question. I mean, even the other aliens find her strange."
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