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I do whatever pushes me hardest. It's coming at me and I try to... it's like uninvited guest and I have to wrestle them out the door or through the window - get them out and get over with them quickly.
Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that.
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If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.
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Everything you see in North Korea, it's all propaganda, but it's all connected to the volcano.
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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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