At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it to be. 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 depressingimportantthinking 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 territorycreativeway 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 healthyfunlong I think there's a misconception of my wanting to do dark stuff. Susanne Bier darkstuffthinking 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 thinkstylishlifepeople 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 cocktailgriefcompassionreal 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-thinksomethinkyou Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too. Susanne Bier parentsgreatchildteacher 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-kindmeant-to-beevilpeople We always want to find good and bad guys, and I don't believe in that. Susanne Bier badgoodgood-and-badbelieve There are certain things you cannot accept. There are certain things that human beings cannot tolerate. Susanne Bier humanacceptthingsyou 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 comedyhopewantromantic A lot of people who live in Denmark will understand Danish but not necessarily speak it. Susanne Bier liveunderstandspeakpeople 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 feelingbadmotherpositive You win an Oscar, and the movie that comes after that is always going to be compared. Susanne Bier goingwinyoualways I think possibly, as an artist, you're always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness. Susanne Bier thinkyourespectartist 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 sayingneverunderstandgirl 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 myselfexperiencewantforget 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 memomentbullyingtime I quite like some of the movies that have many characters in them. Susanne Bier quitemoviessomelike
