Top 63 Quotes by Susanne Bier

In reality most people aren't as perfect as they want to seem.

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.

There are certain things you cannot accept. There are certain things that human beings cannot tolerate.

My favorite hobby is matchmaking. It's a lot easier to do it in movies then in real life because in real life, people don't do what I tell them to do.

The foundations of our lives are far more fragile than we think. So we are severely shaken when life turns out to have a will of its own.

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

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.

A significant number of women who have been ill or had marital issues feel they have no value, and society is so keen on telling us that's the case.

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.

I never have particular actors planned when I'm in the process of writing.