Werner Herzog (1942) German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
About chickens, on the Signs of Life (1968) DVD audio commentary (2005).
“Look into the eyes of a chicken and you will see real stupidity. It is a kind of bottomless stupidity, a fiendish stupidity. They are the most horrifying, cannibalistic and nightmarish creatures in the world.”
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