But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

I think movies say a lot [about real life], even more than theater. It says a lot about the invisible, that movies are so fascinating. The camera lens is like a microscope that goes beyond the surface. It's like you're exploring a secret, so you explore the director's secret, you explore the actor's secret, and therefore you explore the universe's secrets.

But theatre is always a difficult experience.

Like all school students, I think I did a play in my school. The common things, I would say. Nothing really exceptional.