An Artist Is Someone Who Should Raise

Film Is Simply The Most Complex Way You Can Express Yourself

I Think That What's Important As A Director Is To Give Your Actors The Feeling That They're Protected, The Feeling Of Confidence, The Feeling That If They Make Mistakes, Then As A Director, You'll Know How To Help Them. If You're Able To Convey That, Then The Actors Will Give You Wonderful Performances. As Well As The Author, You Have To Write Scenes That Give The Actors The Opportunity To Show What They're Capable Of.

I Want To Make It Clear: It's Not That I Hate Mainstream Cinema. It's Perfectly Fine. There Are A Lot Of People Who Need To Escape, Because They Are In Very Difficult Situations, So They Have The Right To Escape From The World. But This Has Nothing To Do With An Art Form.

To Be Perfectly Honest, I Think That As I'm Growing Older, I'm Just Growing More Impatient. I'll Be Very Happy If At Some Point People Say, 'michael's Grown Wiser And Softer In His Old Age.' But We'll Have To Wait And See What My Next Project Is.

I'm Far More Relaxed With German. I'm A Control Freak. I Like To Know Exactly Who's Saying And Doing What.