Werner Herzog

    Werner Herzog

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    • “I would travel down to hell and wrestle a film away from the devil if it was necessary.”
      DirectingSource: curated filmmaking batch
    • “Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.”
      DirectingCinemaSource: goodreads filmmaking, goodreads cinema
    • “Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. To suppress this is dangerous. It is an approach that works the other way too: sometimes the footage has amazing qualities that you did not expect”
      DirectingSource: goodreads filmmaking
    • “I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.”
      Directing#creativitySource: brainyquote filmmaking
    • “If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.”
      Acting#actingSource: brainyquote actor

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