Lars von Trier Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.”

“I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.”

“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.”

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

“Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.”

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

“If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me.”