Werner Herzog Quotes

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first.

I became passionate about filmmaking. The thrill to make something out of nothing and to go out there to see whether it will work or not attracted me.

I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about.

When I write a screenplay, and when I direct, I always pull lines out.

A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is going to be staged, for real.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

I don't storyboard, and I don't really shot list. I let the shots be determined by how the actors and I figure out the blocking in a scene, and then from there, we cover it.

I truly enjoy directing. I enjoy looking at the words on the paper and visualizing how to make them come to life.

I always want to be telling stories in whatever fashion I can, and directing is really just understanding and learning a different element of that storytelling process.

Making movies is all about instinct.

I still want to direct. That's my main love, and that comes from being obsessed with subtleties and people.

I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well but is intensely rewarding.

I like to make films about my heroes.

I love being part of the movie-making process. There is magic. There is an element of mystery and unpredictability.

Haseeb Hassan is a fantastic director. He really understands characters and their relationships. He always gives sound advice and direction.

I love directing as I've got such a fantastic, a creative mind.

I'm not the best filmmaker, but on the sets, it seems like everybody is having fun.

In order to make a film, you have to operate on many different levels, making all these different forms of expression converse, and so I just followed that intuition.

With filmmaking in general, I have never absorbed the traditional knowledge of film history or filmmaking. It has always been just pick up the camera and go figure it out.

Aamir Khan in a sense, was my first teacher for filmmaking. He used to answer my doubts on the sets of 'Joh Jeeta Wahi Sikander.'