A biography for Claudia Schifferhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm amazed when I see mothers wearing high heels. If your kids run off you can't run after them.”
“My friends often tell me how very German I still am.”
“I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.”
“I have always worked out, and I've gone through different phases of yoga, but the combination of Pilates three days a week with yoga is incredible.”
“I'm a lot more self-confident than I used to be. To some extent I owe that to my children and my husband.”
“I want to give people easy things to wear.”
“Quentin Tarantino asked me to work with him but there is no way I am going to do that while Matthew Vaughn is working in film.”
“Of course there are some models who are not good, but it has been proven that some models can act. Look at Kim Basinger, Sharon Stone or Andie MacDowell, who were all models - they are really fantastic actresses.”
“I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.”
“I always wanted to be less tall. When I was at school I was the same height as all of my girlfriends and then suddenly I was turning 12 and almost overnight I got really tall.”
“For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.”
“Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.”
“But it is true that some magazines have a policy to show only a certain amount of black girls on their covers. Naomi is right. It's not fair, and I wish it would change.”
“I know one day I'll be considered too old.”
“The stadium here in Munich is the best of the lot for me. It is absolutely fantastic, especially the way it lights up a different colour according to who is playing. It's superb.”
“I don't think you should give away your name and face to something you don't believe 100-percent in.”
“I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.”
“I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.”
“I love being pregnant. You can do whatever you want.”
“This is not a change of career for me. Just an expansion of it. I have contracts and obligations and business partners who are counting on me. And I would only want to do another movie if it's as good as this one.”