You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance.

Quote by Lars Von Trier

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

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;...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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 always do something that I've never done before.

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

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

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'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...

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...