[recounting how people ascribed special powers to him when they recognized him in public, because of playing the angel Damiel in
Wings of Desire (1987)] People in planes said: 'Ah, no need to be afraid, because with you here, nothing can happen. Now we are safe.' Or a mother said to her child: 'Look, there's your guardian angel.' They weren't joking. [Danish film journal 'P.O.V.']