American woman Quote by Lars von Trier

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

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

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

I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form

— Lars von Trier

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

Just the fact that you're working is good for you.

— Lars von Trier

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

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

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

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

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

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

— Lars von Trier