--- title: "Best Film Sayings by Werner Herzog" description: "92 Film quotes by Werner Herzog. Plus more from Werner Herzog and more Film sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/werner-herzog-964_desert_for-me-a-true-landscape-is-not-just-a-re_645969.jpg" --- > [For me a true landscape is not just a representation of a desert or a forest. It shows an inner state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/for-me-a-true-landscape-is-not-just-a-representation-of-a-desert-or-a/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/werner-herzog-964_desert_for-me-a-true-landscape-is-not-just-a-re_645969.jpg) > [For a film I shot on the most difficult mountain on God's wide earth in Patagonia for a sequence where there was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/for-a-film-i-shot-on-the-most-difficult-mountain-on-god-s-wide-earth/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/werner-herzog-964_cinema_for-a-film-i-shot-on-the-most-difficult_776609.jpg) > [ The deal was we had to have people accompanying us and they would ask us not to film something \[in North Korea\].… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-deal-was-we-had-to-have-people-accompanying-us-and-they-would-ask/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/werner-herzog-964_asks_the-deal-was-we-had-to-have-people-accom_1664745.jpg) > [ \[ Digital revolution \] only has allowed me to work faster, editing digitally, which I'm doing right now, a film on volcanoes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/digital-revolution-only-has-allowed-me-to-work-faster-editing/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be8/werner-herzog-964_celluloid_digital-revolution-only-has-allowed-me-t_1478359.jpg) > [The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-opinion-of-the-public-is-sacred-the-director-is-a-cook-who-merely/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/werner-herzog-964_audience_the-opinion-of-the-public-is-sacred-the_2445813.jpg) > [Otherwise you have to repeat a lot when you're filming. And I've seen the film and it's in a border town in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/otherwise-you-have-to-repeat-a-lot-when-you-re-filming-and-i-ve-seen/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/werner-herzog-964_borders_otherwise-you-have-to-repeat-a-lot-when_2106201.jpg) > [Of course, you do not do any research: you have to go there and do your film. It's not that I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/of-course-you-do-not-do-any-research-you-have-to-go-there-and-do-your/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/werner-herzog-964_cameras_of-course-you-do-not-do-any-research-you_1030164.jpg) > [ It was a subject \[ volcanoes\] that was dormant in me for a long time and it popped up 40 years ago… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/it-was-a-subject-volcanoes-that-was-dormant-in-me-for-a-long-time-and/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/werner-herzog-964_caribbean_it-was-a-subject-volcanoes-that-was-dorm_2650949.jpg) > [Robert Rodriguez, makes a feature film in 35mm celluloid one and a half hours long, and nobody believed him, I think he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/robert-rodriguez-makes-a-feature-film-in-35mm-celluloid-one-and-a/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5c/werner-herzog-964_book_robert-rodriguez-makes-a-feature-film-in_2132960.jpg) > [I was able to persuade them to let me shoot in areas that were beyond the volcano itself. Beyond the joint scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-was-able-to-persuade-them-to-let-me-shoot-in-areas-that-were-beyond/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f84/werner-herzog-964_able_i-was-able-to-persuade-them-to-let-me-sh_912845.jpg) > [I try to be after something that is deeply reverberating inside of our souls, some deep echo from - even from prehistory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-try-to-be-after-something-that-is-deeply-reverberating-inside-of/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/werner-herzog-964_audience_i-try-to-be-after-something-that-is-deep_709835.jpg) > [While you are walking you would learn much more about filmmaking than if you were in a classroom. During your voyage you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/while-you-are-walking-you-would-learn-much-more-about-filmmaking-than/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/werner-herzog-964_academia_while-you-are-walking-you-would-learn-mu_923594.jpg) ## Other authors on Film - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ebert-80683.jpg) Roger Ebert 98 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/roger-ebert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-woody-allen-96336.jpg) Woody Allen 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/woody-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-lucas-37823.jpg) George Lucas 79 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/george-lucas/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-jackson-74887.jpg) Peter Jackson 71 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/peter-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abbas-kiarostami-8765.jpg) Abbas Kiarostami 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/abbas-kiarostami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-spielberg-87547.jpg) Steven Spielberg 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/steven-spielberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nicolas-winding-refn-71275.jpg) Nicolas Winding Refn 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/nicolas-winding-refn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clint-eastwood-24620.jpg) Clint Eastwood 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/clint-eastwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-nolan-23980.jpg) Christopher Nolan 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/christopher-nolan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-lynch-27713.jpg) David Lynch 60 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/david-lynch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-scorsese-64785.jpg) Martin Scorsese 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/martin-scorsese/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-10688.jpg) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/) ## 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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [ 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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) > [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/) [Werner Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/werner-herzog/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film/werner-herzog/#itemlist", "name": "Best Film Sayings by Werner Herzog", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For me a true landscape is not just a representation of a desert or a forest. 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