Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier
I told him that I have no ambitions what so ever in being an actress. That I don’t have any wish to become a filmstar, but he refused to change his mind.

Expressen Nöje ,11-12 June 1999

Lars von Trier
I was completely fascinated by her and screamed right out that this person just has to be a filmstar. And then I will perhaps be able to boast about the fact that I was the one lighting that star.

Expressen Nöje ,11-12 June 1999

Lars von Trier
I like Lars precisely because he is always seeking conflicts. But he has also promised to support me to avoid a fiasco. I’m only his tool in this movie. I give up all my will to him. But like I said, I’m extremely excited about the music and I think about it 24 hours a day. Mediocrity has never been my strong point, has it ?

Expressen Nöje ,11-12 June 1999

Lars von Trier
I didn’t know who he was before I got the offer to take part in "Dancer In The Dark", but then I saw "Breaking The Waves" and I loved it. It could be one of the best films made in the last ten years. Now I’m a big fan.

Expressen Nöje ,11-12 June 1999

Lars von Trier
He’s very honest and he’s not false. He has the courage to be genuine. And he doesn’t compromise when it comes to emotions. When other people constricts their most extreme feelings, he dares to let them loose. He’s magic. When I saw "Breaking The Waves" I almost regarded it as physically violent. The emotions were so strong. I ran around in my house during the whole film. I couldn’t sit still, and that has never happened to me before when watching a movie. Afterwards I just felt like celebrating that there were other people with feelings as strong as mine, people who were like me. We’re hiding feelings to much in this...

Expressen Nöje ,11-12 June 1999

Lars von Trier
"I’ve Seen It All" is one of the two songs I’ve written the lyrics for, Lars confesses. The rest of them are written by Björk. I don’t think she was too thrilled by my attempts at a writer. But she is still loyal enough to perform them.

Bibel, #11 october 1999

Lars von Trier
I like her more than she thinks I do and I hope she likes me more than I think she does.

Toronto Sun, 22 may 2000

Lars von Trier
I wrote "I’ve Seen It All". Björk wrote the rest of the soundtrack. I suppose she wasn’t especially enamoured at my attempts to be a lyricist, but she’s been loyal enough to perform them

NME, 30 nov 1999

Lars von Trier
I think at the heart of him he’s Napoleon ; he’s not really a hippie, you know. But he’s sweet, because he gets a lot of points for trying. He really wants to be a free spirit, you know. He swallows his Prozac and says, ’Hey, let’s improvise.

VH1.com 2000

Lars von Trier
He hypnotises you. You just fall into a trance or something. It’s like a drug or something, he can just make you do whatever he wants.

Flipside 1999-06-12

Lars von Trier
Lars became cruel and manipulative and that was unnecessary because we had something really, really gorgeous that had taken off and taken its own life. All we had to do was protect it and make sure no-one disturbed it. I think he got scared and he got quite cruel in the last month, and that was what I did not agree with. I do not think you have to scream to be cruel. I think you can watch that film and you can see. If you had never heard the rumours about what happened on set and just saw the film, I think it is very obvious that I was suffering.

Sunday Herald - 19 August 2001

Lars von Trier
It has been terrible. But the results are incredible. Björk is not an actor. She is not acting in this film but feeling everything, which is extremely hard on her and on everyone else, too. It was like being with a dying person.

Q Magazine, July 2001