Til Schweiger — German Director born on December 19, 1963,

Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger is a German actor, director, and producer. Since 1968, when the FFA started counting, no other German actor has drawn more people to the cinemas. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin... (wikipedia)

Action alone doesn't work in Germany - you need an emotional element to the story.
I hate sitting around and waiting; that's why I always have an editing suite on set.
We haven't done action movies in Germany. We had some attempts in the '90s, but they failed.
I love action films. It's my favorite genre.
The Russian male audience, they loved 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' and they like my comedies, but the Russian male audience is action, action, action.