Quotes by Danish/Denmark authors (page 5)

"I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology"

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

"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden"

"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life"

"I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema"

Lars von Trier, Director

"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"

Lars von Trier, Director

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

Lars von Trier, Director

"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart"

Lars von Trier, Director

"I want to live to be 120. That's when I will start worrying about my age"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I'm a fun person. I like cracking jokes and being completely nerdy"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I wasn't worried about turning 40 at all"

Helena Christensen, Model

"So many times I've wanted to crack up, standing there stiff while seven women are crawling round my toes fixing hems and the designer's having a freak-out because the denim cuffs are crooked. I'm on the verge of hysteria"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I still love taking pictures with Polaroid film. For me, it offers the most beautiful way of capturing reality and transferring it onto a flat piece of paper"

Helena Christensen, Model

"There've been times when I've bought a whole pound of cheese and walked down the street and eaten it in one go"

Helena Christensen, Model

"Some designers retain a sense of humour about what they do, but others are deathly serious and have no life outside of it; they're lying awake night after night constructing dresses in their heads"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I like people who dress quirkly and differently. Like in womenswear, thank god for Helena Bonham Carter!"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I don't look at fashion the way other people do"

Helena Christensen, Model

"It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world"

Helena Christensen, Model

"Modelling is a silly, crazy business"

Helena Christensen, Model

"There will always be a desire for something new, fresh and innovative, as well as a yearning and respect for timeless elegance and beauty"

Helena Christensen, Model

"Women can explore so much in dressing. But if I was a guy I would wear vintage suits constantly. With crazy ties!"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace"

Helena Christensen, Model

"If I have an hour in a city, I go to vintage stores first because it's so much cooler to find a piece that is unique. I love the thought of some girl having worn it before and living her life in it"

Helena Christensen, Model

"A beautiful person is someone who stays true to themselves and their spirit; someone who is self-confident and can make you smile"

Helena Christensen, Model

"From the minute I wake up until I go to bed I think about food"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a 'Vogue' shoot"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I felt like I was in the best photography school in the world - I had Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn teach me"

Helena Christensen, Model

"It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight"

Helena Christensen, Model

"Cheese is one of my great weaknesses, I could eat the stuff by the pound"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am"

Helena Christensen, Model

"Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I believe food is the most brilliant invention ever"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I always loved the style of Jean Seberg, Jane Birkin and Marilyn Monroe"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since"

Helena Christensen, Model

"I had never done any serious acting before, but I decided that it was a chance that I should take"

Helena Christensen, Model

"There are particular images that I like. Allegro is composed of a series of still life photographs that has been put to speed. There is so much care that has gone into the composition of the cinematography"

Helena Christensen, Model

"She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film"

Bille August, Director

"On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement"

Fredrik Bajer, Writer

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Quotes by Danish authors