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title: "92 Film Quotes By Werner Herzog"
description: "Film quotes by Werner Herzog explore imagination, nature, and creative freedom."
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> [There is never an excuse not to finish a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/there-is-never-an-excuse-not-to-finish-a-film/)

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> [THE ACT OF KILLING invents a new form of cinematic surrealism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-act-of-killing-invents-a-new-form-of-cinematic-surrealism/)

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> [I have nothing against 3D films but I do not need to see them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-have-nothing-against-3d-films-but-i-do-not-need-to-see-them/)

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> [Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/film-is-not-the-art-of-scholars-but-of-illiterates/)

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> [I think I'm a prudent filmmaker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-think-i-m-a-prudent-filmmaker/)

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> [I know what I'm talking about and I've never been over budget, in 70 films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-know-what-i-m-talking-about-and-i-ve-never-been-over-budget-in-70/)

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> [I would travel down to Hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-would-travel-down-to-hell-and-wrestle-a-film-away-from-the-devil-if/)

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> [You will learn more by walking from Canada to Guatemala than you will ever learn in film school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-will-learn-more-by-walking-from-canada-to-guatemala-than-you-will/)

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> [It doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-you-shoot-on-celluloid-or-on-digital-you/)

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> [Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/film-should-be-looked-at-straight-on-it-is-not-the-art-of-scholars/)

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> [Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/netflix-knew-i-was-going-to-north-korea-and-ethiopia-and-iceland-they/)

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> [I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade unprecedented in the history of cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-have-not-seen-a-film-as-powerful-surreal-and-frightening-in-at/)

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> [Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/academia-is-the-death-of-cinema-it-is-the-very-opposite-of-passion/)

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> [Everything that I've done was prudent and never has anyone gotten hurt in my films - not a single actor, not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/everything-that-i-ve-done-was-prudent-and-never-has-anyone-gotten/)

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> [In my films, I hope there are a few moments where you feel almost illuminated, like in a state of ecstasy, stepping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/in-my-films-i-hope-there-are-a-few-moments-where-you-feel-almost/)

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> [In a way, I managed to get the deepest things, the best things out of people. That's why I'm a filmmaker. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/in-a-way-i-managed-to-get-the-deepest-things-the-best-things-out-of/)

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> [Because you're delegated to a cook book recipe and you slavishly and pedantically rely on it while you're shooting and you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/because-you-re-delegated-to-a-cook-book-recipe-and-you-slavishly-and/)

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> [I'm quite convinced that cooking is the only alternative to film making. Maybe there's also another alternative, that's walking on foot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-m-quite-convinced-that-cooking-is-the-only-alternative-to-film/)

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> [ Otherwise \[digital revolution\] hasn't changed my way of filmmaking, I'm not nostalgic in postulating we should still make films on celluloid. I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/otherwise-digital-revolution-hasn-t-changed-my-way-of-filmmaking-i-m/)

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> [By the way, today with digital cameras and editing on your laptop, and things like that, you can make a feature film,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/by-the-way-today-with-digital-cameras-and-editing-on-your-laptop-and/)

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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 -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/there-are-specific-times-where-film-noir-is-a-natural-concomitant-of/)

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> [I looked, for example, to certain types of literature to which I would like to refer, like The Peregrine by J. A.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-looked-for-example-to-certain-types-of-literature-to-which-i-would/)

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> [I've never left my culture. I've left my country, but I've not left my culture. In the same way, you shouldn't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-ve-never-left-my-culture-i-ve-left-my-country-but-i-ve-not-left-my/)

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> [Centuries from now our great-great-great-grandchildren will look back at us with amazement at how we could allow such a precious achievement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/centuries-from-now-our-great-great-great-grandchildren-will-look-back/)

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> [There's more substance in my prose and my poetry than in all my films together. Writing is a more direct way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/there-s-more-substance-in-my-prose-and-my-poetry-than-in-all-my-films/)

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> [When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-we-speak-about-trespassing-we-speak-about-artistic-trespassing/)

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> [My non-fiction films are pretty much fiction, or at least close... It's all "movies" for me. I never have searched for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/my-non-fiction-films-are-pretty-much-fiction-or-at-least-close-it-s/)

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> [Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/your-film-is-like-your-children-you-might-want-a-child-with-certain/)

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> [Of course there's a value in a storyboard if you do a big - let's say an action movie and actors have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/of-course-there-s-a-value-in-a-storyboard-if-you-do-a-big-let-s-say/)

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> [There are photos of Kim Jong-un right up atop the volcano. I actually wrote a letter to him asking if I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/there-are-photos-of-kim-jong-un-right-up-atop-the-volcano-i-actually/)

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> [The Rogue Film School is not for the faint-hearted. It is for those who have travelled on foot, who have worked as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-rogue-film-school-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-it-is-for-those/)

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> [You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-should-bear-in-mind-that-almost-all-my-documentaries-are-feature/)

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> [I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-like-and-i-love-everything-that-has-to-do-with-cinema-writing/)

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> [Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/money-doesn-t-make-films-you-just-do-it-and-take-the-initiative/)

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> [I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-cannot-work-fast-enough-i-cannot-cope-fast-enough-really-and-just/)

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> [Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/someone-like-jean-luc-godard-is-for-me-intellectual-counterfeit-money/)

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> [When I film, there are no emotions. That would be the last thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-i-film-there-are-no-emotions-that-would-be-the-last-thing/)

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> [You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-should-look-straight-at-a-film-that-s-the-only-way-to-see-one/)

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> [One of the most original and poetic works of cinema made anywhere in the seventies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/one-of-the-most-original-and-poetic-works-of-cinema-made-anywhere-in/)

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> [I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-do-not-believe-in-the-cinema-verite-sometimes-a-really-good-lie-is/)

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## More by Werner Herzog

> [If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with its tail between its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-your-project-has-real-substance-ultimately-the-money-will-follow/)

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> [Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/every-man-should-pull-a-boat-over-a-mountain-once-in-his-life/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-know-whenever-it-comes-to-be-really-dysfunctional-and-vile-and-base/)

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> [When we speak about trespassing, we speak about artistic trespassing. You have to be prudent and have common sense and a sense of responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-we-speak-about-trespassing-we-speak-about-artistic-trespassing/)

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> [If you want to propose marriage to your girlfriend and you live in England and she is in Sicily, do the decent thing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-you-want-to-propose-marriage-to-your-girlfriend-and-you-live-in/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [I'm a very circumspect and prudent person, and I eliminate danger as far as it can be done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-m-a-very-circumspect-and-prudent-person-and-i-eliminate-danger-as/)

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> [It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-is-not-only-my-dreams-my-belief-is-that-all-these-dreams-are-yours/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [My non-fiction films are pretty much fiction, or at least close... It's all "movies" for me. I never have searched for a subject. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/my-non-fiction-films-are-pretty-much-fiction-or-at-least-close-it-s/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-an-actor-knows-how-to-milk-a-cow-i-always-know-it-will-not-be/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [ِِِِِِِِِِ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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/art-house-theaters-are-vanishing-they-have-almost-disappeared/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [I always had a feeling, for example, that there should be something from Verdi's "Requiem" in the film. You hear it when you see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-always-had-a-feeling-for-example-that-there-should-be-something/)

[Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/)

> [Along with this rapid growth of forms of communication at our disposal - be it fax, phone, email, Internet or whatever - human solitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/along-with-this-rapid-growth-of-forms-of-communication-at-our/)

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> [ I had complete freedom. They \[Netflix\] knew roughly what I was doing. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-had-complete-freedom-they-netflix-knew-roughly-what-i-was-doing/)

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> [For example, the face of Nicole Kidman in Queen of the Desert and she is the most beautiful goddess on screen that you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/for-example-the-face-of-nicole-kidman-in-queen-of-the-desert-and-she/)

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> [I have always postulated that we have to find a new way to deal with reality. It's not so much facts that interest me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-have-always-postulated-that-we-have-to-find-a-new-way-to-deal-with/)

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