"Herzog is a miserable, hateful, malevolent, avaricious, money-hungry, nasty, sadistic, treacherous, cowardly creep. His so-called "talent" consists of nothing but tormenting helpless creatures and, if necessary, torturing them to death or simply murdering them. He doesn't care about anyone or anything except his career as a so-called filmmaker. Driven by a pathological addiction to sensationalism, he creates the most sensless difficulties and dangers, risking other people's safety and even their lives — just so he can eventually say that he, Herzog, has beaten seemingly unbeatable odds. For his movies he hires retards and amateurs whom he can push around (and alledgedly hypnotize!), and he pays them starvation wages or zilch. He also uses freaks and cripples of every conceivable size and shape, merely to look interesting. He doesn't have the foggiest inkling of how to make movies. He doesn't even try to direct the actors anymore. Long ago, when I ordered him to keep his trap shut, he gave up asking me whether I'm willing to carry out his stupid and boring ideas."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
p. 222
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Related Quotes
"Yeah, I've got violence in me, but no negative violence. My violence is the violence of the free man who refuses to k…"
"I've come here to tell the most exciting story in the history of mankind: the life of Jesus Christ. I'm not talking a…"
"I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!"
"I am not the official Church Jesus who is accepted by policemen, bankers, judges, executioners, officers, church boss…"
"I don't try to justify myself or defend myself. I've always done what I had to. She should know for herself that I lo…"
"I saw Stay as You Are and Tess only. I didn't ask her if she saw every movie I did. I could never think about that. W…"
"I have made many things wrong in my life. I should have made many things better in my life, not only to Nastassja but…"
"I don't shake the hand of a Jewish pig. I'm German and Jews sicken me."
"Werner, nobody will read this book if I don't write bad stuff about you. If I wrote that we get along well together, …"
"Just why are we so poor? Why can I never sleep at night? Because bombs keep dropping! Why does my mother have to tort…"