I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff. Susanne Bier More Quotes by Susanne Bier More Quotes From Susanne Bier I think it is kind of depressing how few female filmmakers there are. I think it is in general depressing how few women there are in ... important positions in society Susanne Bier depressing important thinking 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 territory creative way There are good and bad movies, and long ones, and pretentious ones, and fun ones, and it's kind of healthy not just being able to switch off after ten minutes, but have patience. Susanne Bier healthy fun long At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it to be. Susanne Bier down you upside-down people For years, whenever I'd been travelling and came back to Copenhagen, I'd think: 'People are so stylish.' And it's not any one class. It's everyday life. Susanne Bier think stylish life people I'm a huge fan of Richard Curtis - there's real grief, real compassion in his films as well as cheekiness; it's a wonderful cocktail. Susanne Bier cocktail grief compassion real I think most of my films all have a certain tone or intensity in them. They are tense, and you kind of anticipate some kind of catastrophe, but you're not quite sure. Susanne Bier i-think some think you Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too. Susanne Bier parents great child teacher People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind. Susanne Bier be-kind meant-to-be evil people We always want to find good and bad guys, and I don't believe in that. Susanne Bier bad good good-and-bad believe There are certain things you cannot accept. There are certain things that human beings cannot tolerate. Susanne Bier human accept things you Anders Thomas Jensen and I had talked about making a movie which addressed the cancer issue, and we didn't want to make it heavy-handed. We wanted to do something which had a lot of hope in it. And then for some reason we came up with a romantic comedy. Susanne Bier comedy hope want romantic A lot of people who live in Denmark will understand Danish but not necessarily speak it. Susanne Bier live understand speak people My mother has had breast cancer twice. And my mother has always been this very positive human being: a glass-half-full type. Like, when she was in treatment and feeling really bad, she would always talk about some nurse that was particularly nice to her. Susanne Bier feeling bad mother positive You win an Oscar, and the movie that comes after that is always going to be compared. Susanne Bier going win you always I think possibly, as an artist, you're always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness. Susanne Bier think you respect artist I'm extremely straightforward. And I can't do that sort of traditional girl thing of saying one thing that actually means something else. I never understood it, and I still don't understand it. Susanne Bier saying never understand girl When I watch a movie myself, I want to forget that I'm watching a movie, and I want to be inside the movie. That's the kind of experience I want my audience to have. Susanne Bier myself experience want forget I don't know that there's more bullying or whether it's just more talked about. It seems to me that possibly that there's been a lot of bullying all the time, but at the moment, it's something that people are talking about. Susanne Bier me moment bullying time I quite like some of the movies that have many characters in them. Susanne Bier quite movies some like
