On being raised fatherless:
- What a blessing! What a blessing that there was not a Nazi as a father around telling me what to do and how to conquer Russia! And how to be a racist! Thanks, god! I thank god on my knees everyday.
Also, the first and most inviolate rule of a Herzog interview: Klaus Kinski (and his crazy antics) must be discussed. This interview is no exception.
b_b, I know you are a big fan, hence the shout-out. I look forward to seeing this film! I like Kidman, always have.You’ve had Nicolas Cage, Christian Bale, and James Franco, but has anybody in the last ten years come close to the eccentric actors that the ’70s and ’80s provided you?
Not really. But every single one of them is taken seriously by me. And I pay a lot of attention. And I always have one clear goal: He or she has to be better than ever before afterward in their lives. I want them to be. Nicolas Cage, for example. Nicole Kidman now. I should have made films about women all my life.