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I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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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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As for the anger of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
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I am not an artist and never have been. Rather I am like a craftsman and feel very close to the mediaeval artisans who produced their work anonymously and who, along with their apprentices, had a true feeling for the physical materials they were working with.
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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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Nature is monumentally indifferent.
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