Werner Herzog

In January 2006 actor Joaquin Phoenix overturned his car on a road above Sunset Boulevard. Herzog, who lived nearby, helped him get out of it.

A few days later, while Herzog was giving an interview to Mark Kermode for the BBC, an unknown individual shot Herzog with an air rifle during filming. Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, “It is not a significant bullet.”

In the next interview he held with Kermode, Herzog was questioned about his belief that the universe is a godless and random place. Kermode asked that if this was indeed the case, “How come it can produce something as beautiful as the films of Werner Herzog? For me, the proof that what you’re saying isn’t true is you and your work.” To which Herzog replied: “Well, I stem the tide.”

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