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As a private person, professionally I am invisible.

Michael Haneke

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Michael Haneke
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 23
Film Actor
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München
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In German. I'm more sensitized to the details, to the emotions. In English, I wouldn't detect as much nuance.
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That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.
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Even the most elitist director or author who claims that he doesn't care if his works are seen or not, then I have to think that he's either a liar or a hypocrite.
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I want to be able to control things and that's very difficult to do if you're not 100% in a particular language. It makes you uncertain and it makes you nervous.
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Like every filmmaker, I make my films to reach the widest audience possible.
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