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Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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The punishment itself is something I respectfully disagree with, but for thousands and thousands of years it was practiced everywhere.
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I shouldn't make movies anymore. I should go to a lunatic asylum.
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In private I'm not. You will have to ask my wife. She maintains I'm a fluffy husband.
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