With just 22 years, Matthias Schweighöfer, 2003 at the side of Nora Tschirner the breakthrough with the novel “solo album”. Since then, 1981 in Anklam-born, Berlin-based Schweighöfer, who comes from a family of actors was, in many national and international productions, among other than Marcel Reich-Ranicki in the film adaptation of his autobiography. And the thirty-nine-year-old can also sing, as he’s proved already with his first Album “Laugh cry Dance”. In August, his second follows. “Hobby”.

Peter-Philipp Schmitt

editor in the Department “Germany and the world”.

F. A. Z.

What you eat for Breakfast?

broccoli and Egg, an oat milk in coffee and a Green tea, I’m gonna leave it to stand overnight.

Where do you buy your clothes?

I buy any clothing, because I take mostly some of the movies. I’m relatively pragmatic in terms of my clothes. Jeans, for example, arrived on the Set to Try on, put on I find. If I buy T-Shirts at Urban Outfitters.

What is the oldest piece of clothing is in your closet?

This should be a pair of panties, from the Film “solo album”. We shot in 2002.

when you have written the last hand-written letter?

I am writing currently very much hand in writing, because I am dealing with the Japanese culture, and because it is important that you do a lot with the hands. But a letter I haven’t written in forever, only time slips in the Morning: “Hi, You’re the best woman in the world, and then I will go to run time. So the war will not be a shock when You Wake up. I’m not there!“ This could be called a love letter. But a letter with the address and the sender: no longer felt that way since 1974.

What book has impressed you the most in life?

Actually, there are at least three books: Max Frisch’s diaries from the years 1946 to 1949, then “silk” by Alessandro Baricco, and then Japanese Ikigai-books, in which, as in his everyday life to cope.

How to inform to happen to the world?

the Newsletter of the F. A. Z. I get the phone sent. Even “time” and “mirror”. But everything over the phone. Magazines and Newspapers I subscribed to, because I’m frugal. And the news on television I don’t like, there’s too much panic I’m doing.

What is your best small talk topic?

I’ll leave it like my Opposite, with a Smalltalk-topic to begin with. If the ask me how to do it to me, back to the question I: Yes, how You doing? And then I let him talk.

In what movie you last cried?

In the case of the Netflix movie “Marriage Story”. As the man registered the issue with his marriage is through, I shed a tear.

Are you superstitious?

no, I’m not. I have two, three good luck charms to accompany me now and again, and I’ll take a dime. But I try not to be much in the Here and Now, a question of faith but of my life.

What makes you laugh?

most of all, I can laugh at good jokes with toilet humor and generally a good situation Comedy. Since I am always for to have.

your favorite name?

Uwe, Uwe. The double name of the Wallerts have made a song, I have laughed tears about it. Right favorite I don’t have first names otherwise. A few I find quite funny. Matthias is not one of them. This is certainly not my All-Time Favourite, because it’s a hard Name is with two T in the middle. I was, however, last much in America, and I think it’s good that people have to deal with my name.

take a lunch break?

to rules already to my stress level. I’m also trying to make a Power-Napping of four, five minutes.