A biography for Lars von Trierhasn’t been written yet.
“Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.”
“I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.”
“My films are about ideals that clash with the world. Every time it's a man in the lead, they have forgotten about the ideals. And every time it's a woman in the lead, they take the ideals all the way.”
“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.”
“If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.”
“More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.”
“I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity after another about my mother and the way she let me down; but it doesn't make me any the less fearful.”