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Only the poets can hold the country together, and I wanted to hold Germany together.
Werner Herzog
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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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As for the anger of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.
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Jack Reacher was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.
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We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.
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Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.
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It doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.
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I'm reminded of an interview Larry King had on his talk show with one of Michael Jackson's sisters. He's talking about how many millions she made on her latest record, and all of a sudden, she looks at him tearfully and says, Larry, you know, I'm not interested in money or sales or songs. I'm a spiritual person. And I thought, Oh my god...
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I'm not a one-trick horse.
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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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I went to volcanoes where I knew that there was a lot of mythology around them there was something like the creation of gods and monsters and demons.
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I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.
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Netflix trusted me in a way that was very, very pleasant.
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At the same time, there's something magnificent about volcanoes they created the atmosphere that we need for breathing.
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I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.
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I am too much into what I'm doing in my work.
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For me, the distinction between documentaries and feature films is not so clear - my documentaries were largely scripted, rehearsed, and repeated, and have a lot of fantasy and concoction in them.
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Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.
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You have to be very prudent with what you are doing and what sort of tools you are utilizing. Drones have become a wonderful new tool in filmmaking.
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I'm not a journalist I'm a poet. I had a discourse, an encounter with these people but I never had a list of questions.
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