I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.

If a person is found dead here, a postmorten will always reveal whether he has spent less than three weeks in the city. That is the length of time it takes this pollution to invade the body, after which it is there forever.

Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.

It is tough to be a woman. Also as an actor, but more so as a director. And even more today, when distributors and producers are looking at different kinds of films and maybe not necessarily what a woman would want to do.

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.

We need feminist voices today, you know. In my time, we had incredible feminist voices and I'm sure we have it today, too, but in all the massive outlets, maybe the one or two or three voices are somehow disappearing.

The fear inside of loneliness: That only what others have is real.