I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.

There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.

Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.

Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

I swear the man could seduce the holy mother!

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.

To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.

My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they need the most

Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.

Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten.

The one thing government has which we (you or I or any corporation) DON'T have, is the ability to use deadly force to accomplish its goals.

We havent done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the 90s, but they failed.