We haven't done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the '90s, but they failed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Action alone doesn't work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.
I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?
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.
I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.
I haven't done an international film for a long time.
A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.
I've always been really into action movies. Since I was little, that was my favorite type of film.
If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.
I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.
Sure, I acted in films in the Third Reich, entertainment films, which distracted countless people inside and outside Germany from daily life during war.