Do you think you will work with Christian Bale or Nicolas Cage again? It depends on what sort of role I have. I could say that Nicolas Cage wouldn’t be a good Kasper Hauser. He’s good — but you know what I mean. We love to work with each other and I hope one day there will be a project where I can say, “Nicolas, you must do this now.” Or to Christian Bale. They know they have been better with me than ever before. When actors work with me, they’re always at their best. And they know it, they all know.
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"Love one another but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls" ~~~~Khalil Gibran~~~~
To me Herzog has always come across as a curious and compelling mix of graciousness and almost a shyness, along with a very direct self assuredness and steadfast self esteem. The former tempers the latter... so it never seems to come across as arrogance, to me. Also beneath the exterior, so it seems to me at least, he's capable of being extremely mischievous and ironic. Or perhaps you're right Bon and he's plain old egotistical!