Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić, known as Werner Herzog, is a German screenwriter, film director, author, actor and opera director...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 September 1942
CityMunich, Germany
CountryGermany
Werner Herzog quotes about
vote kind
I'm not a citizen of America, I cannot vote. But it is fascinating because there's a new kind of protagonist out there that we didn't expect. By the way, I'm not in any panic at all.
demon divine
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.
horror villain easy
"Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.
training wonderful danger
The wonderful thing is that Clive [Oppenheimer ] insisted on training his camera - his private camera - on me at one point. We were discussing things such as how to avoid certain dangers, while reflecting on a volcano that had threatened to explode 40 years ago.
filmmaking filmmaker ifs
Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.
despair trouble
Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.
landscape planets
I see planets that don't exist and landscapes that have only been dreamed.
exotic form surroundings
I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings.
prudent done danger
I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done.
documentaries fantasy film
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.
fields would-be cows
We have to articulate ourselves. Otherwise we would be cows in the field.
behind-you bears used
Get used to the bear behind you.
potato-chips potatoes despise
I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk.
useless exhausted evolution
We are surrounded by worn-out, banal, useless and exhausted images, limping and dragging themselves behind the rest of our cultural evolution.