Werner Herzog

But I'm not searching the dangers. The nature of my storytelling sometimes requires to go into extreme situations, yes. But I think to look deep into our human nature, to look deep into the darkest recesses of our soul or the hidden things deep in our soul, you have to put human beings at some sort of an edge.

Well, I was too young. You see, number one, when my mother fled Munich, I was only two weeks old, 14 days old, when there was carpet bombing on Munich. Of course, there's no memory, anything. The childhood was very, very closed and very beautiful. But when I was two and a half, and it's my very first memory, my mother wakes us up abruptly in the middle of the night. It must have been April 1st.

Well, I was too young. You see, number one, when my mother fled Munich, I was only two weeks old, 14 days old, when there was carpet bombing on Munich. Of course, there's no memory, anything. The childhood was very, very closed and very beautiful. But when I was two and a half, and it's my very first memory, my mother wakes us up abruptly in the middle of the night. It must have been April 1st.

Well, I was too young. You see, number one, when my mother fled Munich, I was only two weeks old, 14 days old, when there was carpet bombing on Munich. Of course, there's no memory, anything. The childhood was very, very closed and very beautiful. But when I was two and a half, and it's my very first memory, my mother wakes us up abruptly in the middle of the night. It must have been April 1st.

1945. And she says, you have to see it, boys, wraps us in blankets, rushes up on a slope. And at the end of the valley, the entire sky was red and orange, but not flickering because Rosenheim is 40 miles away. So the entire sky is pulsing slowly, red and orange. And that somehow is embedded in my memory forever. And of course, I knew all of a sudden there's something out there.

1945. And she says, you have to see it, boys, wraps us in blankets, rushes up on a slope. And at the end of the valley, the entire sky was red and orange, but not flickering because Rosenheim is 40 miles away. So the entire sky is pulsing slowly, red and orange. And that somehow is embedded in my memory forever. And of course, I knew all of a sudden there's something out there.

1945. And she says, you have to see it, boys, wraps us in blankets, rushes up on a slope. And at the end of the valley, the entire sky was red and orange, but not flickering because Rosenheim is 40 miles away. So the entire sky is pulsing slowly, red and orange. And that somehow is embedded in my memory forever. And of course, I knew all of a sudden there's something out there.

There's a world out there. There's war out there. There's a conflagration out there. And I became curious. And it's strange because my two brothers who grew up with me did not move out and were that curious. They were very successful in their professions, but not like me. I was one who would move to Antarctica or to the jungle or to the Sahara Desert to do my work.

There's a world out there. There's war out there. There's a conflagration out there. And I became curious. And it's strange because my two brothers who grew up with me did not move out and were that curious. They were very successful in their professions, but not like me. I was one who would move to Antarctica or to the jungle or to the Sahara Desert to do my work.

There's a world out there. There's war out there. There's a conflagration out there. And I became curious. And it's strange because my two brothers who grew up with me did not move out and were that curious. They were very successful in their professions, but not like me. I was one who would move to Antarctica or to the jungle or to the Sahara Desert to do my work.

It was from one moment to the next. I knew that something like that cannot happen again. And that's how a character is being formed, defeats, catastrophes that are created by And of course, that shaped my character. And from one moment to the next, I knew you have to control what is wild in you. You have to be disciplined. And until today, 90% of what you see when you meet me is discipline.

It was from one moment to the next. I knew that something like that cannot happen again. And that's how a character is being formed, defeats, catastrophes that are created by And of course, that shaped my character. And from one moment to the next, I knew you have to control what is wild in you. You have to be disciplined. And until today, 90% of what you see when you meet me is discipline.

It was from one moment to the next. I knew that something like that cannot happen again. And that's how a character is being formed, defeats, catastrophes that are created by And of course, that shaped my character. And from one moment to the next, I knew you have to control what is wild in you. You have to be disciplined. And until today, 90% of what you see when you meet me is discipline.

People think, yeah, I'm the wild guy out there. And so, no, I'm a disciplined professional. And at that time, family, of course, was important because we grew up with our mother who raised us. We were three brothers and one mother. We lived in one single room in a sort of pension, we called it. It's a boarding house building.

People think, yeah, I'm the wild guy out there. And so, no, I'm a disciplined professional. And at that time, family, of course, was important because we grew up with our mother who raised us. We were three brothers and one mother. We lived in one single room in a sort of pension, we called it. It's a boarding house building.

People think, yeah, I'm the wild guy out there. And so, no, I'm a disciplined professional. And at that time, family, of course, was important because we grew up with our mother who raised us. We were three brothers and one mother. We lived in one single room in a sort of pension, we called it. It's a boarding house building.

And of course we had clashes like brothers would have and until today it's mysterious to foreigners. Not long ago, a few years ago, I visited my older brother in Spain. where he had built himself a big house and he had a wonderful sailing boat. And we were at a fish restaurant and I studied the menu and he put his arm around my shoulder.

And of course we had clashes like brothers would have and until today it's mysterious to foreigners. Not long ago, a few years ago, I visited my older brother in Spain. where he had built himself a big house and he had a wonderful sailing boat. And we were at a fish restaurant and I studied the menu and he put his arm around my shoulder.

And of course we had clashes like brothers would have and until today it's mysterious to foreigners. Not long ago, a few years ago, I visited my older brother in Spain. where he had built himself a big house and he had a wonderful sailing boat. And we were at a fish restaurant and I studied the menu and he put his arm around my shoulder.

And all of a sudden I feel some stinging thing in my back and I smell smoke. And I realize he has set my shirt on fire with his cigarette lighter. Wow. And we laughed so hard and everybody around on the table was appalled. But sometimes that's how brothers sometimes function. And I love him dearly and we do mischievous things to each other. It does happen and it's not that serious.