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The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no right to insist they react in a particular way. A film is just a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the gaze of the audience[...]

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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We have volcanoes also in our immediate neighborhood. I wish we didn't have to travel that far. Probably the kind of magnitude and awesome raw power of them is very fascinating, and of course it's very cinematic.
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I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.
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Of course I do things in my voice in my commentary, which I wrote.
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I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters.
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I do not recall to [Kim Jong-un], but it was complex. Dear young leader of the people and chairman of the joint military commission or something like that.
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I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.
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There is never an excuse not to finish a film.
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I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.
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I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema, writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.
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