Quotes by danish authors

I guess I strongly feel that we cannot pretend that the Third World is not part of our world. We cannot say 'OK, there's that problem over there, let's just close our eyes' - we cannot do that. Susanne Bier

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John le Carre's 'The Night Manager' is a relentlessly exhilarating thriller with profound emotional depths. Susanne Bier

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Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have. Susanne Bier

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In a way, the whole notion of a blueprint of a building is not that different from a script for a movie. A sequence of spaces, which is what you do as an architect, is really the same as a sequence of scenes. Susanne Bier

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I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way. Susanne Bier

Listening Understanding Way Feel Sort Issue Any English

I hate when the sun is high and there are no shadows. If I could do super high-budget movies, I would only shoot when the sun starts to get low - but you can't just shoot for four hours every day. Susanne Bier

I believe in rules. I believe in artistic limitations, and I always have. I've always thought that setting out a set of rules before you start, and then being completely consistent with them, is the only way to make a really good film. Susanne Bier

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 that's the excitement of it. Susanne Bier

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Having done a Dogme film taught me the beauty of simplicity and austerity. Susanne Bier

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I really don't like that modern notion of 'I don't need anyone.' I see a lot of young women feeling they have to be that way, they have to be hard, in a way. And what does that bring them? They're just going to be lonesome. They're going to be, at best, lonesome and capable, at worst, lonesome and hard. And is that what we want? No. Susanne Bier

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I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility. Susanne Bier

Too Much Responsibility Think Too Writers Want Much Actor

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 the rules, because I don't see the point of submitting yourself to a set of rules if you don't follow them. But having said that, it is always a lot of interpretation. Susanne Bier

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 Danish. Susanne Bier

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Denmark is like a big family of people. Susanne Bier

Family People Big Like Big Family Denmark

If you look at children's stories in fairy tales, they're pretty brutal. Susanne Bier

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I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being. Susanne Bier

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I did learn a lot from 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' but I've learned different things from different films. Susanne Bier

Fire Lost Films Learn Learned Lot Did Different Different Things Things

When you get a bad review, you hate the writer. It's very painful; whoever says the opposite lies. It's humiliating. Sometimes it comes from an honest place, but most times, it comes from a desire to trash someone. Thomas Vinterberg

I think Dogme was inspiring for quite a few peoples and sort of started a digital movement. Personally, I found it extremely uplifting and fantastic making Dogme movies, but I felt I completed it with 'The Celebration.' I think that was the end of the road on Dogme for me. It was as far as I could go. Thomas Vinterberg

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Denmark can be very small, provincial, and mediocre. Thomas Vinterberg

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