Werner herzog

I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you'll never see me there. I'm never at parties.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

I'm not an activist.

I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.

Let's put it this way: 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 have to be aware of that and be...

I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent.

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.

If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.

I'm the last one who would do self-analysis.