Sebastian Koch

We have an inner window through which we can see the world, and though it gets cloudy in life, it's our job to wipe it clean and see things as they really are.

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You throw a rock in the water, and ripples spread out slowly. But they do go far.

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Success doesn't drive me away from home.

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The script is so important... Even if you have a huge entourage or big lighting trucks, the most important thing is the space between the actor and the camera.

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The Germans call him 'Our Shakespeare' because we love him.

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Shakespeare is global - of course he can be shared.

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I always want to do things that really have to be done, something that's a challenge - and I'm trying not to repeat myself.

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I have no 'dream role.' It just comes to me; it's very intuitive, and I say, 'OK, I have to do this now.' It's not logical; just, 'I have to jump into this very strange character,' or something like that. I can't even explain it.

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I'm a teamworker.

For me, it depends only on the script, the part I'm doing, and the people around me. It could be in Greenland or the Sahara. I don't care.

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I definitely won't play the bad German, the Nazi German, here in Hollywood or wherever.

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I have so many good offers in my country or, let's say, in Europe. I just wait for the best offers, like I always did. And if this can be in Hollywood, why not?

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I think the most interesting characters are those in which you can see both sides.

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I'm very picky when saying yes to a script. I take a very long time to decide myself because I spend a lot of time with this and so to take parts where I think I can take something from my life as well. It must be interesting for me.

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I was always an admirer of French movies when I was young.

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I lost connection with music for a while, but I've always loved it.

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Once, I played a doctor who had a near-death experience, so I researched it, and it's impressive what people are saying about what happened to those who've been through it: it changed their lives completely, made them different people after that. I find that immensely comforting.

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I like success, but I don't believe in it at the expense of other stuff. It's more important to stay in my skin.

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I kept having the producers of 'Fog in August' take out some of the Nazi terms and phrases. I don't want audiences to look at this doctor and say, 'He is a Nazi monster' and think that it has nothing to do with our lives today.

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Actually it's a gift as an actor to cover such different parts of history. It's like time travelling, being inside a history book, in the actual locations.

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