Film Quotes by Susanne Bier

The foundations of our lives are far more fragile than we think. So we are severely shaken when life turns out to have a…

— Susanne Bier

I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there…

— Susanne Bier

Any creative process is about being in a territory which isn't secure, isn't necessarily familiar, and isn't convenient in any sort of way. And…

— Susanne Bier

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

— Susanne Bier

A significant number of women who have been ill or had marital issues feel they have no value, and society is so keen on…

— Susanne Bier

My mother has had breast cancer twice. And my mother has always been this very positive human being: a glass-half-full type. Like, when she…

— Susanne Bier

I only had girlfriends when I became an adult. I was always playing with boys when I was a kid. And I always had…

— Susanne Bier

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be…

— Susanne Bier

Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.

— Susanne Bier

I have a slight controversy with the Dogme brethren because I've been saying that rules are to be interpreted; not that I haven't followed…

— Susanne Bier

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

— Susanne Bier

I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish; I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly…

— Susanne Bier

I think the lack of automatically feeling, 'Yes, the future is going to be like the present' - that is very much a Jewish…

— Susanne Bier

A lot of people who live in Denmark will understand Danish but not necessarily speak it.

— Susanne Bier

If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal.

— Susanne Bier