I’ve [been a filmmaker] since I was 18-19, or even before that when I was in high school I worked the nightshift as a welder in a steel factory in order to earn money to produce my own first films. So I’m into this all my life. You have to be self-reliant. And it’s a long-term survival. That’s what you do don’t learn in film schools. They do not teach you the hardships out there. And it’s relentless—it’s a relentless profession. You have to know the heart of man rather than psychology. You have to be the lion tamer of the unexpected every single moment. And it’s not just for me, it’s for everyone in the film industry.”
Filmmaker Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man)
Maltin on Movies podcast interview
If you’ve never seen Herzog’s documentary Grizzly Man it’s currently on Netflix.
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