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There is never an excuse not to finish a film.
Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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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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I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard.
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Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common.
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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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