Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls.

Quote by Lars Von Trier

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If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been...

If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been...

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

I always do something that I've never done before.

I always do something that I've never done before.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you...

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you...

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...