Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors. Werner Herzog More Quotes by Werner Herzog More Quotes From Werner Herzog Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative. Werner Herzog just-do-it initiative film I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder. Werner Herzog common believe directors I love nature but against my better judgment. Werner Herzog nature-love judgment Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that. Werner Herzog iceland netflix korea 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 filmmaking filmmaker ifs Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world. Werner Herzog stupidity eye real Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film. Werner Herzog kung-fu film intellectual In private I'm not. You will have to ask my wife. She maintains I'm a fluffy husband. Werner Herzog fluffy wife husband Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination. Werner Herzog illumination mistake facts Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. Werner Herzog ice ocean civilization Without dreams we would be cows in a field, and I don't want to live like that. I live my life or I end my life with this project. Werner Herzog would-be dream want I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing. Werner Herzog half would-be thinking Our presence on this planet does not seem to be sustainable. Our technical civilization makes up particularly vulnerable. There is talk all over the scientific community about climate change. Many of them [scientists] agree, the end of human life on earth is assured. Werner Herzog environmental climate community What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams. Werner Herzog ocean dream sleep The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. Werner Herzog nature feet world If the part is really good of course I would like to do it. Werner Herzog courses ifs I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary. Werner Herzog hell devil film You are confronted with abysses of time that are, in a way, unfathomable. You see a painting in charcoal of raindeer and it was left unfinished and somebody else finished it. But through radio carbon dating we know that the next one completed the painting 5,000 years later. You're just blown away by the notion of passage of time. We have no relationship to that kind of depth of time. Werner Herzog dating radio years Martin Luther was asked, what would you do if tomorrow the world would come to an end, and he said, 'I would plant an apple tree today.' This is a real good answer. I would start shooting a movie. Werner Herzog apples real tree I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. Werner Herzog villain would-be thinking
