Werner Herzog

We have to be careful. I said it. Yes, he was mad in moments of paranoia, but he had splendid moments of friendship and warmth and insight. So he had quite a few facets.

And of course, since I lived in the same boarding house with him, directly with him, and saw the tornado laying waste to the entire apartment, so I knew what was coming at me when some nine or ten years later I invited him to play the leading part in Agere, The Wrath of God. I knew it was going to be difficult, but I said to myself, so what?

And of course, since I lived in the same boarding house with him, directly with him, and saw the tornado laying waste to the entire apartment, so I knew what was coming at me when some nine or ten years later I invited him to play the leading part in Agere, The Wrath of God. I knew it was going to be difficult, but I said to myself, so what?

And of course, since I lived in the same boarding house with him, directly with him, and saw the tornado laying waste to the entire apartment, so I knew what was coming at me when some nine or ten years later I invited him to play the leading part in Agere, The Wrath of God. I knew it was going to be difficult, but I said to myself, so what?

The real task now is, since he's such an incredible actor, since he has such a presence and dynamic and authority on the screen, I have to domesticate the wild beast somehow. All his crazy attitudes should not explode outside of the screen during a dinner or after dinner where he opens fire at a hut full of extras. It shouldn't happen. It should be all somehow organized for the screen itself.

The real task now is, since he's such an incredible actor, since he has such a presence and dynamic and authority on the screen, I have to domesticate the wild beast somehow. All his crazy attitudes should not explode outside of the screen during a dinner or after dinner where he opens fire at a hut full of extras. It shouldn't happen. It should be all somehow organized for the screen itself.

The real task now is, since he's such an incredible actor, since he has such a presence and dynamic and authority on the screen, I have to domesticate the wild beast somehow. All his crazy attitudes should not explode outside of the screen during a dinner or after dinner where he opens fire at a hut full of extras. It shouldn't happen. It should be all somehow organized for the screen itself.

And I think that that was my achievement.

And I think that that was my achievement.

And I think that that was my achievement.

No, not partially successful. I was successful because I made five films with him. And they all, when you look at them and forget about Kinski and forget about his private crazed personality and his egomania, forget about all this. There are five films out there that have something that you normally do not see in a movie. a presence and an intensity of a leading character that's unprecedented.

No, not partially successful. I was successful because I made five films with him. And they all, when you look at them and forget about Kinski and forget about his private crazed personality and his egomania, forget about all this. There are five films out there that have something that you normally do not see in a movie. a presence and an intensity of a leading character that's unprecedented.

No, not partially successful. I was successful because I made five films with him. And they all, when you look at them and forget about Kinski and forget about his private crazed personality and his egomania, forget about all this. There are five films out there that have something that you normally do not see in a movie. a presence and an intensity of a leading character that's unprecedented.

I have only a few precedents are there, like the young Marlon Brando, for example. And no matter how difficult it was to tame him, to domesticate the beast, it doesn't matter. The only thing, the only, only thing that counts, what do you see on a screen?

I have only a few precedents are there, like the young Marlon Brando, for example. And no matter how difficult it was to tame him, to domesticate the beast, it doesn't matter. The only thing, the only, only thing that counts, what do you see on a screen?

I have only a few precedents are there, like the young Marlon Brando, for example. And no matter how difficult it was to tame him, to domesticate the beast, it doesn't matter. The only thing, the only, only thing that counts, what do you see on a screen?

Yes, but that was the most serious thing that ever happened. And, of course, it is serious. And you have to cope with it. And I threatened Kinski. Actually, there are wild rumors about it that I had a gun in my hands. And so that's not true. But I threatened him immediately. And he understood this was not a joke anymore. And he had to be disciplined from now on.

Yes, but that was the most serious thing that ever happened. And, of course, it is serious. And you have to cope with it. And I threatened Kinski. Actually, there are wild rumors about it that I had a gun in my hands. And so that's not true. But I threatened him immediately. And he understood this was not a joke anymore. And he had to be disciplined from now on.

Yes, but that was the most serious thing that ever happened. And, of course, it is serious. And you have to cope with it. And I threatened Kinski. Actually, there are wild rumors about it that I had a gun in my hands. And so that's not true. But I threatened him immediately. And he understood this was not a joke anymore. And he had to be disciplined from now on.

And through all the other films I made with him, never anything of this magnitude ever happened.