In German. I'm More Sensitized

I Don't Need A Psychiatrist. I Can Sort Out My Fears With My Work. That's The Privilege Of All Artists, To Be Able To Sort Out Their Unhappiness And Their Neuroses In Order To Create Something.

People Expect Me To Be Dark And Gloomy, Then Write That I'm A Jolly Chap, And After All, That Is What I Am. I Think It's A Case Of An Absolute Romantic Naivety That There Should Be A Parallel Between The Work And The Artist.

There Are Really Two Types Of Laughter On The Part Of The Spectator. There Is The Laughter Of Recognition - Which Means Seeing Things You're Familiar With And Laughing At Yourself. But There's Also Hysterical Laughter - A Way Of Dealing With The Things We See That Upset Us.

My Films Are Intended As Polemical Statements Against The American 'barrel Down' Cinema And Its Dis-empowerment Of The Spectator. They Are An Appeal For A Cinema Of Insistent Questions Instead Of False (because Too Quick) Answers, For Clarifying Distance In Place Of Violating Closeness, For Provocation And Dialogue Instead Of Consumption And Consensus.

Because I'm The Author Of My Screenplays I Know What I'm Looking For. It's True That I Can Be Stubborn In Demanding That I Get What I Want, But It's Also A Question Of Working With Patience And Love.