When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour. — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My parents were not interested in whether I went to school or got drunk on white wine. — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American woman. Or 65 percent… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I did a lot of strange things. But I am a bad Catholic that's for sure. Although I think it's difficult to believe in… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I think that sexuality is the part of human beings that is closest to nature. And nature is dangerous somehow, yes, if you put… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
If there are some people that like the film and some people that do not, that's fine for me, because I do not intend… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
The risk is that you furnish the project with new suggestions to try and freshen it up; it's not always beneficial. You risk betraying… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I had a lot of frustrations, and I was drinking far too much, and I was just trying to survive and this is what… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
True values entail suffering. That’s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true. We prefer music and… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I can't tell you why I choose stuff, it's really something I don't analyse. The only thing I can say is that a film… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
