Werner Herzog quotes - page 4

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker. (Werner Herzog)
I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity. View quote
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If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere. View quote
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I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. View quote
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There are certainly laws and elements that make a film more accessible to mainstream audiences. If you've got Tom Cruise as a strongman, I'm sure it would have larger audiences, but it wouldn't have the same substance. View quote
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Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. View quote
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I work very fast and steadily, and I don't hardly ever notice that I'm working. It feels like just breathing or walking when I do films. View quote
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I'm a very professional man. I'm not out for the experience of adventure. View quote
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Art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that. View quote
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I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you'll never see me there. I'm never at parties. View quote
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There are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. (Werner Herzog)
I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews. View quote
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I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters. View quote
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I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent. View quote
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I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that. View quote
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I'm completely aware and utterly aware that Russia [the Soviet Union] lost 25 million people for winning the war, and I know that Russian troops whether ones who liberated concentration camps, Auschwitz and others, and I'm aware that there's an incredible sacrifice on the side of Russia and I do believe that it's ignored because of course of political interests. It's very much the question what other facts, maybe 600 or so thousand American soldiers lost their lives in the Second World War, 25-26 million Russian those effects, that cannot be ignored, and today it's not that really important what really happend, it's more than question who owns the narrative, who owns the narrative, and occupying the narrative has created some sort of lopsided ideologies in lopsided information, that we see every day. View quote
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