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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one.

There are no wastelands in our landscape quite like those we've created ourselves.

The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it.

I knew dating the son of Satan would turn out badly

Typography can be as exciting as illustration and photography.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

The day I was born, March 1, 1994, Celine Dion was solid at #1 with 'The Power of Love.' Not a bad start to your life.

I can have different opinions with anybody. I can still be a friend with that person.

Artists are a very important part of our society because they make a great contribution to our values. The artist creates a value system that we all grow up on, whether we know it or not.

There's not really genres as storytelling in Austria, unfortunately.

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.