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I work very fast and steadily, and I don't hardly ever notice that I'm working. It feels like just breathing or walking when I do films.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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Public life is constantly aware of the volcano.
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I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century.
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I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature.
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Only the poets can hold the country together, and I wanted to hold Germany together.
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The collapse of the stellar universe will occur - like creation - in grandiose splendor.
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The power of a volcano when it erupts is so evident, so visible, so palpable.
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Coincidences always happen if you keep your mind open, while storyboards remain the instruments of cowards who do not trust in their own imagination and who are slaves of a matrix If you get used to planning your shots based solely on aesthetics, you are never that far from kitsch.
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Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.
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You can't have a helicopter fly over boiling lava. It would've exploded from the heat, and is just way too dangerous. The pilot of a helicopter would've flatly refused anyway.
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I love nature but against my better judgment.
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Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.
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I never planned my career in steps. It's all coming at me like burglars in the night.
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With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this.
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I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing.
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I prefer the material woman.
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I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie.
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If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.
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I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.
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