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Of course subjects are changing, and since I started so early in filmmaking, I did my first film at age 19, of course you grow up with your films and you are not trotting the same path all the time.

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Werner Herzog
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: September 5
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The universe couldn't care less about us. I say this very clearly in the film [ Into the Inferno]: our planet is indifferent to scurrying roaches, retarded reptiles and vapid humans alike.
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I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.
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It's curiosity, and always a sense of poetry. You see it in particular in the chapter Iceland where I'm reciting ancient Icelandic poetry. It has this very beautiful gravitas in conjunction with the volcanoes.
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I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.
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Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.
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I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.
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If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.
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Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.
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