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" Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. "
Werner Herzog
Man
Boat
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" Why go to Antarctica, why do a film like 'Grizzly Man'? It's the sheer joy of storytelling - it's the urge. "
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" I think it is a quest of literature throughout the ages to describe the human condition. "
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" Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. "
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" Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not an interviewer. I have conversations. "
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" I know whenever it comes to be really dysfunctional and vile and base and hostile on screen, I'm good at that! "
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" 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 realistic. It's as simple as that. "
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" I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters. "
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" You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise. "
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" I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour. "
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" Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. "
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" I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office. "
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" The universe is monstrously indifferent to the presence of man. "
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Indifferent
Man
" I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting. "
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" I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. "
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" I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk. "
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