You always face a bunch of hands trying to stop you from working.

I was born in Switzerland. Everyone thinks I'm Swiss, but I'm actually German. I'm from Germany.

I think it's very hard for a woman to be treated as a person and not just as a woman who tries to become a politician.

I think every filmmaker in Europe would be lying if they didn't say one day they just wanted to make a movie here in Hollywood or at least try it. It's very different from European filmmaking, because here it's like a real industry. It's very much about money and making money, which I think is fine, because it's very expensive to make movies.

Each shooting day is a big challenge, but it's also fun.

It doesn't matter if you work with an Oscar winner or if you work with an unknown actor. There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director.

I love Atlanta. It's a great city with great crews there.

All my favorite movies are American movies since I was a kid.