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I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

I have a slight controversy with the Dogme brethren because I've been saying that rules are to be interpreted; not that I haven't followed the rules, because I don't see the point of submitting yourself to a set of rules if you don't follow them. But having said that, it is always a lot of interpretation.

From Susanne Bier

I don't feel that I'm strictly Danish; I don't feel that my sense of humor is strictly Danish or my human sensibility is strictly Danish.

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Denmark is like a big family of people.

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You don't have to go very far away from Scandinavia to realize what an idyllic society it is.

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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.

From Susanne Bier

I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being.

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We always want to find good and bad guys, and I don't believe in that.

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At some stage in most people's lives, things turn upside down, and nothing is as you expected it to be.

From Susanne Bier

Anders Thomas Jensen and I had talked about making a movie which addressed the cancer issue, and we didn't want to make it heavy-handed. We wanted to do something which had a lot of hope in it. And then for some reason we came up with a romantic comedy.

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