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title: "Best Film Quotes by Werner Herzog"
description: "92 Film quotes by Werner Herzog. Plus more from Werner Herzog and more Film sayings from other authors."
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> [If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-i-had-to-climb-into-hell-and-wrestle-the-devil-himself-for-one-of/)

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> [Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/why-go-to-antarctica-why-do-a-film-like-grizzly-man-it-s-the-sheer/)

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> [If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-you-want-to-do-a-film-steal-a-camera-steal-raw-stock-sneak-into-a/)

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> [If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/if-you-truly-love-film-i-think-the-healthiest-thing-to-do-is-not-read/)

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> [It has always been my aim to find that sort of passion and figure out how to transform it into cinema.Timothy Treadwell's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-has-always-been-my-aim-to-find-that-sort-of-passion-and-figure-out/)

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> [The beauty of Netflix is on the 28th of October they push a button and the film will be in 190 countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-beauty-of-netflix-is-on-the-28th-of-october-they-push-a-button/)

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> [My contacts with the film industry can be described in very simple terms: The industry does not really need me, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/my-contacts-with-the-film-industry-can-be-described-in-very-simple/)

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> [I make films because I have not learned anything else and I know I can do it to a certain degree. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-make-films-because-i-have-not-learned-anything-else-and-i-know-i/)

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> [It's all movies for me. And besides, when you say documentaries, in my case, in most of these cases, means "feature film"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-s-all-movies-for-me-and-besides-when-you-say-documentaries-in-my/)

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> [Of course subjects are changing, and since I started so early in filmmaking, I did my first film at age 19, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/of-course-subjects-are-changing-and-since-i-started-so-early-in/)

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> [Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/film-is-not-analysis-it-is-the-agitation-of-mind-cinema-comes-from/)

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> [ Clive \[Oppenheimer\] and I figured out that I'm the only one probably in the film industry who is clinically sane. I say… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/clive-oppenheimer-and-i-figured-out-that-i-m-the-only-one-probably-in/)

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> [“Am I in the wrong place here, or in the wrong life? Did I not recognize, as I sat in a train…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/am-i-in-the-wrong-place-here-or-in-the-wrong-life-did-i-not-recognize/)

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> [at the press conference for the film he impressed everyone with his complete sincerity and innocence. he said he had come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/at-the-press-conference-for-the-film-he-impressed-everyone-with-his/)

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> [It is something more fleeting than what you normally see. People might somehow take it into their own dreams, into their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-is-something-more-fleeting-than-what-you-normally-see-people-might/)

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> [Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/ten-years-ago-in-antarctica-shooting-encounters-at-the-end-of-the/)

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> [ For example, how you would introduce a leading character into your film, and as an absolute ingenious example, \[Elia\] Kazan in his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/for-example-how-you-would-introduce-a-leading-character-into-your/)

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> [When I say tourism is sin and traveling on foot is virtue, it's condensed into a dictum. It's much more complex than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-i-say-tourism-is-sin-and-traveling-on-foot-is-virtue-it-s/)

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> [I run my own film school, the Rogue Film School, and I do it over three and a half days, eight hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-run-my-own-film-school-the-rogue-film-school-and-i-do-it-over-three/)

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> [The volcano itself wasn't that interesting, but the man who refused to be evacuated - the only one of 75,000 people -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-volcano-itself-wasn-t-that-interesting-but-the-man-who-refused-to/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-work-very-fast-and-steadily-and-i-don-t-hardly-ever-notice-that-i-m/)

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> [For me, the distinction between documentaries and feature films is not so clear - my "documentaries" were largely scripted, rehearsed, and repeated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/for-me-the-distinction-between-documentaries-and-feature-films-is-not/)

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> [Once in a while I come across a director who hasgrown up thousands of miles from me, and the work touches me.Through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/once-in-a-while-i-come-across-a-director-who-hasgrown-up-thousands-of/)

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> [I always felt completely confident - it's like in a feature film, knowing your principle character is extremely well-cast. I had that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-always-felt-completely-confident-it-s-like-in-a-feature-film/)

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> [ When you look at any of my films you will immediately be able to tell this is a \[Werner\] Herzog film. Even… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-you-look-at-any-of-my-films-you-will-immediately-be-able-to-tell/)

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> [It seems odd, but people who see my films normally take them in in a deeper way than you would actually watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-seems-odd-but-people-who-see-my-films-normally-take-them-in-in-a/)

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> [Orson Welles, one of the best of the best. One of the strongest. As strong as an animal. He somehow was pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/orson-welles-one-of-the-best-of-the-best-one-of-the-strongest-as/)

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> [I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-think-the-worst-that-can-happen-in-filmmaking-is-if-you-re-working/)

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> [I am somebody who creates images, with my perspectives, fascinations and my instincts as a narrator. You have to activate the audience's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-am-somebody-who-creates-images-with-my-perspectives-fascinations/)

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> [ The universe couldn't care less about us. I say this very clearly in the film \[ "Into the Inferno"\]: our planet is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-universe-couldn-t-care-less-about-us-i-say-this-very-clearly-in/)

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> [Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/everyone-who-makes-films-has-to-be-an-athlete-to-a-certain-degree/)

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

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> [I'm talking a lot on financing in the Masterclass and I know what it means to because I had to finance my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-m-talking-a-lot-on-financing-in-the-masterclass-and-i-know-what-it/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/there-are-certainly-laws-and-elements-that-make-a-film-more/)

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> [Perseverance has kept me going over the years. Things rarely happen overnight. Filmmakers should be prepared for many years of hard work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/perseverance-has-kept-me-going-over-the-years-things-rarely-happen/)

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> [When you look at my film you see footage that is unbelievably awesome and beautiful and dangerous looking. It's something that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/when-you-look-at-my-film-you-see-footage-that-is-unbelievably-awesome/)

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> [I have learned a lot through defeats, and, until today, it's - I'm still haunted by defeats, and they do happen. Sometimes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-have-learned-a-lot-through-defeats-and-until-today-it-s-i-m-still/)

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> [ \[This kind of strange mythology about me.\] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/this-kind-of-strange-mythology-about-me-i-ve-pulled-a-huge-steamboat/)

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> [You have to be very prudent with what you are doing and what sort of tools you are utilizing. Drones have become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/you-have-to-be-very-prudent-with-what-you-are-doing-and-what-sort-of/)

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> [I have made 70 or so films. In all my films not a single actor, a single extra, was hurt. Not one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-have-made-70-or-so-films-in-all-my-films-not-a-single-actor-a/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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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 subject. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/my-non-fiction-films-are-pretty-much-fiction-or-at-least-close-it-s/)

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> [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/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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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