At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it to be. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
You win an Oscar, and the movie that comes after that is always going to be compared. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only… — 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… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I think possibly, as an artist, you're always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
There are certain things you cannot accept. There are certain things that human beings cannot tolerate. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
Dogme is like leading a religious life, in that you are freeing yourself from making certain choices. It makes life easier. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I think the good thing about Dogme is that it forces you into an extreme sense of reality because there's no artificial… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I think most of my films all have a certain tone or intensity in them. They are tense, and you kind of… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
I am very close to my family, and there's something life-affirming about that. Even if you feel completely different from them and… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
The main thing as a director, you always want to have a bit of a worry about the material you're going to… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
In a way, the whole notion of a blueprint of a building is not that different from a script for a movie.… — 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
