50 Quotes by Lars Trier

I'd toyed with a couple of ideas beforehand, but I hadn't written a single cue, and it was a wonderful feeling to just write away.

The essence of my dramaturgical considerations is that I want to chuck out the most superfluous, habitual constraints and escape from rigidity, but at the same time film is a means of communication.

The film must be shot on 35 mm film and in Academy, which is a clearly defined format. But when you enter into a collective, you have to submit to the collective.

The members of my family that I've shown the film to have also been severely critical toward it.

The last year has been more full of fear than ever before... but on the personal level, each of my films is a little monument.