Top 27 Quotes by Lars von Trier

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls.

Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

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

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.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive.

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