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title: "2 Lunatic Quotes By Werner Herzog"
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> [I shouldn't make movies anymore. I should go to a lunatic asylum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/i-shouldn-t-make-movies-anymore-i-should-go-to-a-lunatic-asylum/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/werner-herzog-964_asylum_i-shouldn-t-make-movies-anymore-i-should_209701.jpg)

> [The Rogue Film School is not for the faint-hearted. It is for those who have travelled on foot, who have worked as bouncers in sex clubs or as wardens in a lunatic asylum, for those who are willing to learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/werner-herzog/the-rogue-film-school-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted-it-is-for-those/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ea/werner-herzog-964_asylums_the-rogue-film-school-is-not-for-the-fai_2757132.jpg)

## Other authors on Lunatic

## 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/)

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