I had a lot of frustrations, and I was drinking far too much, and I was just trying to survive and this is what came out of it.

The cognitive therapy that takes place in the film Antichrist is a form of therapy that I have used for some time, and it has to do with confronting your fears. I would say that especially the part of the film that has to do with therapy is humoristic because people who know about this form of therapy would know that the character is more than a fool.

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

Even if you feel all right, tell the actors you don't have full power, and they will help you.

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

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.