I want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives.

- Ruben Ostlund

Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation.

- Ruben Ostlund

Why I'm interested in filmmaking is because a moving image is very, very powerful when it comes to changing human behavior.

- Ruben Ostlund

So many times after a catastrophe like 9/11, Estonia in Sweden, the Holocaust or whatever, we are so fond of lifting up the hero examples, but actual…

- Ruben Ostlund

I'm not a genre film filmmaker. I'd rather look for a topic that I think we need to bring up and discuss because there's something about the issues i…

- Ruben Ostlund

The frequency of divorce is extremely high after airplane hijackings. They're like crisis situations where suddenly you see a side of your partner th…

- Ruben Ostlund

I was very interested in highlighting group behaviour and I wanted to show that I think this is very fundamental about being a human being... that we…

- Ruben Ostlund

Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably the …

- Ruben Ostlund

I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie.

- Ruben Ostlund