Werner Herzog: Quotes about people

Werner Herzog is German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director. Explore interesting quotes on people.

Werner Herzog: 106 quotes7 likes

“Often he was a joy, and you know, he was one of the few people I ever learned anything from.”

Herzog on Herzog (2002), On Klaus Kinski

“Do you not then hear this horrible scream all around you that people usually call silence.”

“People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.”

Herzog on Herzog (2002), On Klaus Kinski

“Each year at springtime scores of people on snowmobiles crash through the melting ice on the lakes of Minnesota and drown. Pressure is mounting on the new governor to pass a protective law. He, the former wrestler and bodyguard, has the only sage answer to this: "You can´t legislate stupidity."”

Minnesota declaration (1999)

“As you see [filmmaking] makes me into a clown. And that happens to everyone — just look at Orson Welles or look at even people like Truffaut. They have become clowns.”

Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980)