Politically, the world economy really depends on consultants. Because it's also, in a way, an outsourcing of responsibility. They can say, "Yeah, the….

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….

With every enemy, when you get closer you understand much more, or the picture dissolves..

We with Komplizen Film believe very much in the writer-director and in the freedom of a filmmaker. I think it's always good to be involved where you ….

For me, it was always clear that Toni Erdmann is more a film about what globalization, capitalism, does with private relationships much more than mak….

I had the feeling I had to stay focused on what's lying under. A big part of the story in Toni Erdmann happens on the sub-level. On the surface, a lo….

I always do casting for every role, even if it's just one sentence. I like to work with theater actors because they're used to a process. I think fil….

A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if you like it or not..

Father-daughter has a lot of layers, I find..

When you direct the dialogue you can be precise, but with a song as a director you're more like a football coach. You can say one, two things in the ….