What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

North Korea has a very striking mythology there. It is influencing the whole nation.

With actors, normally I don't like to have any conversation about background and about motivations and all this.

I think I would be a good villain in a James Bond movie. They were fairly weak, the last half-dozen of villains in James Bond movies were not that convincing.

Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set.

I find it interesting that there are impostors out on the Internet pretending to be Werner Herzog.

I function better in the jungle in Amazonia or Antarctica or Alaska or the Sahara desert. An artificial environment like a studio has never attracted me. I could work in a studio, but I would never really feel at home.