If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I think that being Jewish has generated an extremely strong sense of the importance of family. If I look at my Scandinavian colleagues, they don't have that urgency about family. All my movies are about that. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
