I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was lucky to start working when German cinema was having an interesting moment. Now the quality is going downhill again because they're insisting on doing comedies. We should know by now that we make good cars but we're not the funniest people.
We haven't done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the '90s, but they failed.
In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years.
I'm really drawn to European films.
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
I love European films in general. If I were to go to the movie store or something, that's what I like to see.
I'm not a kid trying to make an impression in the business. I do have 600 films out there that are playing constantly.
In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent.
I'd like to do one European film a year.
Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.