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I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie.

Werner Herzog

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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I discover no kinship, no understanding, no mercy. I see only the overwhelming indifference of nature.
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There's more substance in my prose and my poetry than in all my films together. Writing is a more direct way of expressing yourself because, in cinema, you always have finances, organization, actors, technical apparatus and all that stuff coming in between.
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