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Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I looked, for example, to certain types of literature to which I would like to refer, like The Peregrine by J. A. Baker, and I mention a book, read this, read it, read it if you are serious of being in any type of art or into filmmaking, or films that I should quote as examples.
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If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!
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I must say, the people who started this whole Masterclass series have been very helpful and very intelligent to point out certain things and also give me some guidance, isn't there something missing, shouldn't we address this or that? so it's not completely alone out of the blue. It's very well thought through.
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I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare.
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I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.
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The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president?
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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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Fragility of modern world leaves me with the idea we'd better anticipate what's going on. We take our right steps today and now. And we'd better avoid, that we are overdependent on, let's say, the internet.
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Tourism is a mortal sin.
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