When an audience is laughing, that's opening their souls somehow, and when you have an audience with an open soul, it's much better to hit them with a knife. — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
I don't like violence in movies, I'm not a kind of Tarantino fan. But sometimes it's necessary. — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
The Turks who live here in Germany don't get their information from German media. They read Turkish newspapers and watch Turkish television. A sort… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
Once I start shooting I forget the scriptwriter in me. I like things flowing. If you have talented actors who bring their own ideas,… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
When an audience is laughing, that's opening their souls somehow, and when you have an audience with an open soul, it's much better to… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
Film is a two dimensional thing - it goes up and down and left to right but if you put that music into that… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
Germans try to categorize films: in a comedy, you just laugh and in a drama, you're not allowed to laugh. I don't believe in… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
I shot many scenes of Hamburg, albums full of postcard motifs, and I discarded almost all of them. I ride my bike through Hamburg… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
Maybe every two films you need to do documentary to tell what you really want to tell and not be limited by the medium.… — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm making a feature film, I wish I were filming a documentary, because making feature films is so stressful. It happens every time. — Fatih Ak?n Copy Share Image
