Wednesday, February 08, 2006

I have seen Mr. Apollo uproot trees with his bare hands

"I remember this knocking on the passenger window. There was this German voice saying, 'Just relax.' There's the air bag, I can't see and I'm saying, 'I'm fine. I am relaxed.' Finally, I rolled down the window and this head pops inside. And he said, 'No, you're not.' And suddenly I said to myself, 'That's Werner Herzog!' There's something so calming and beautiful about Werner Herzog's voice. I felt completely fine and safe. I climbed out."
--Joaquin Phoenix, on being rescued from the burning wreckage of his crashed car by Werner Herzog.

"Oh, someone is shooting at us. We must go."
--Werner Herzog, realizing that he was being shot at during a BBC interview.

"It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."
--Werner Herzog, moments later after the BBC interviewer pointed out that Herzog's leg was bleeding from a bullet wound.

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