Sebastian Koch

“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.”

“I'm German! Actually, I love my countr, ;I love the language. The German language is very special because it is so precise. There is a word for everything. There are so many wonderful words that other languages don't have. It is impressive to have such a rich language, and I love to work in that language.”

“Shakespeare is global - of course he can be shared.”

“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.”

“תחושת האשמה היא חלק גדול מאיתנו, מההיסטוריה שלנו ומהקיום שלנו. גדלתי בגרמניה עם אותה טעות איומה, וכמובן שהייתי חייב להתמודד עם זה.”

“ככל שאני מכיר את פול ורהובן, אני יותר אוהב אותו, כדי להבין את הסרטים שלו, אתה צריך להכיר אותו. הוא אדם נפלא. הוא לא איש ביזארי בכלל. אנשים הופכים אותו לכזה. הוא יוצר רציני כמו צייר עם מברשת חזקה. אדם אותנטי ורב עוצמה, שכמובן נהנה להיות פרובוקטיבי.”

“להתפרסם זו לא המטרה שלי.”

“Success doesn't drive me away from home.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I have always had a longing to talk about this Nazi period because my parents' generation wouldn't talk about it after the war at all. From an actor's point of view, it's amazing to play in one year the Nazi Albert Speer and Claus von Stauffenberg.”

“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?”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm a teamworker.”