Nikolaj Arcel Quotes

Denmark, Film Maker
August 25, 1972

Nikolaj Arcel is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower. He is based in Hollywood, where he is working on a feature adaptation of Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog.

Also known as Screenwriter

One of the most powerful ways to keep people controlled is to use faith or guns or both.

Nikolaj Arcel
- Faith
- Guns
- Controlled
I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's very interesting to follow what's going on over here.

Nikolaj Arcel
- America
- Politics
- Nation

If a Danish politician would go up and say he believes in God, people would be a little bit taken aback by that because it's slightly different there than in the U.S. Most of Europe is not that faith based, especially in terms of the politics, and politicians don't use that there.

Nikolaj Arcel
- God
- Faith
- Politicians
But faith when we use it to make rules and control people, then it might become a bad thing.

Nikolaj Arcel
- Faith
- Control
- Rules
Human nature doesn't really change a lot. We haven't changed that much and politics haven't changed that much. It's still the same things we're debating today that we did 300 years ago, which is a little bit scary when you think about it.

Nikolaj Arcel
- Nature
- Change
- Politics
Some period pieces are shot slightly objectively, a little bit, and some call it stuffy or dusty or old fashioned. I always felt that some of the films that I admire the most are the ones where they're intimate with the characters.

Nikolaj Arcel