I always give one actor an emotion to make it very easy so he or she can root to it.

If you're undercover for two or three years, I think you lose your private life.

I think it's very hard for a woman to be treated as a person and not just as a woman who tries to become a politician.

It doesn't matter if you work with an Oscar winner or if you work with an unknown actor. There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director.

Each shooting day is a big challenge, but it's also fun.

In America, people really love movies here and it's part of the culture. Even in Germany, still sometimes, the theater is always bigger than movies. It's more art. Movies are more popcorn. Here, movies are really an art form.

I always give one actor an emotion to make it very easy so he or she can root to it.