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Anke Engelke likes her life without a smartphone
Actress Anke Engelke. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa
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A life without a smartphone, is that still possible in our day and age? Comedienne Anke Engelke has the impression of being mocked by these devices.
Actress Anke Engelke (56) explained her life without a smartphone to “Vogue”.
«I never thought about it: How can I save time now, how can I do it faster? Because I always thought it was great to sit on the train, go somewhere and plan my trip, »said the comedienne to the magazine «Vogue» (March issue / will be published on March 1st).
“To this day, I like to draw maps and plans and make notes of where I have to get off and change trains and how I can then get to my destination.” She sees this as pleasure. «I am reluctant to negotiate that with an apparatus. I had the impression that I was being mocked by this device! As if I wasn’t responsible for my life, as if I was overwhelmed.” That’s not a declaration of war, “I just know what’s better for me,” said Engelke. “For example, I’d rather read a lot.”
In her own words, Engelke does a little sport for her fitness, but not doggedly. “I run, but not in a hurry, and I do yoga, but without style. And I wish I was more interested in swimming because I think swimming is the best thing you can do for your body.”
Engelke does not like the business with ideals of beauty. «Glossy magazines and advertising sell dreams. Anyone who isn’t super naive knows that.” She thinks one aspect is okay: “If there are figures in public who have realized dreams, set goals and lived out creatively, then I think it’s great, then it should be represented.” But it is counterproductive that, for example, advertising for sporting goods usually only shows people with perfect model bodies. “Will those people be addressed who urgently need to exercise in order to live healthier? I find it regrettable that there is such pressure, such a demand for perfection.”