if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.

All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.

I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy.

Norway is a small country, about half the size of Sweden, but it has a very good film climate because they have municipal cinemas, so even in the smallest towns you have a cinema that shows art house films from all over the world.

I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again.

People don't want to read subtitles.

I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.