Bleibtreu: It's so strange because I always kept just hearing about the success in the United States, but I could never believe. I was like, [dismissively] "Yeah, it's a success," but I couldn't believe. So I went over here and I saw it, and that was of course fascinating for me. I mean, it hasn't done anything for me except the fact that people here now somehow are interested in who I am. But, for me, the thing that is so beautiful is that we intended this movie to be a small, independent feature for some crazy people who might want to watch it, and it turned out to be this huge world box office hit.
AboutFilm: It exploded.
Bleibtreu: Absolutely. It's just fascinating. And now, I've got representation here in the United States, and let's see. Maybe there will be some strange European part for me to play, which would be great, which I would love to do, because Hollywood is the place where the best people in the world get together and do movies.
Bleibtreu: Yes, but still-- I believe that, especially when it comes to parts that I could be playing--I'm young, so it's usually the leading parts.�K Cinema has a lot to do with identification, and even if my English is good, I will never feel like an American. So I think the parts that I could be playing will always be parts that either are not American or the character--it's just not important where they're from. I will never play the big Brad Pitt parts. That's fine with me. A dream for me would be, I don't know, every couple of months, to come over here and play a nice decent part, and have fun with it. But I know that the center of my career will always be Germany, because I believe that mother tongue is a very important thing for an actor. So Germany is always going to be my center, but if anybody in this country would like to work with me, I would be there if it's a good part and a good script.
