You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

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.

Even for the most difficult scenes, and there are difficult scenes in the film, and because Michael Haneke is such a great film-maker - I think a great film-maker is not only being inspired, but how to do it, how to make it as real as possible, knowing that it's not real.

To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that.

To me acting and doing movies is really strongly about the present time. It's all about when you do it. It's to create this feeling of extreme awareness and concentration. Because it doesn't happen without an extreme concentration, when you are completely immersed and focused on that.

Perhaps Europeans are a bit more skeptic whereas Americans are more believers.

Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare.