I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can’t get rid of them. I did not invite them. Werner Herzog Read Quote
I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. Werner Herzog Read Quote
Let’s put it this way: 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. Werner Herzog Read Quote
I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. Werner Herzog Read Quote
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. Werner Herzog Read Quote
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. Werner Herzog Read Quote
You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates. Werner Herzog Read Quote
Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. Werner Herzog Read Quote