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Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking it comes from your knees and thighs.

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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Of course, you do not do any research: you have to go there and do your film. It's not that I would travel there before without a camera and spend half a year on one of those volcanoes and then come back with a camera. You have to have some sort of a clear mindset.
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I'm very, very curious about how people live under the volcano, how they handle the permanence of danger.
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Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.
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What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.
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If you do not understand how finances are functioning, you are in a very precarious situation, at least concerning long-term survival.
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My contacts with the film industry can be described in very simple terms: The industry does not really need me, and I do not really need the industry.
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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 like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.
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The universe couldn't care less about us. I say this very clearly in the film [ Into the Inferno]: our planet is indifferent to scurrying roaches, retarded reptiles and vapid humans alike.
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For me a true landscape is not just a representation of a desert or a forest. It shows an inner state of mind, literally inner landscapes, and it is the human soul that is visible through the landscapes presented in my films.
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I think there should be holy war against yoga classes.
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There's happens to be a volcano in the vicinity and there's some talk about a volcano as well, so that's the title Salt and Fire
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I was able to persuade them to let me shoot in areas that were beyond the volcano itself. Beyond the joint scientific program between Cambridge University and North Korean scientists. I was able to film in a kindergarten, subway, other things you would not normally be allowed to do.
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Maybe I should stay a good soldier of cinema.
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I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine I do not think in those terms.
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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 prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.
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