This is a clip from 2005 in which the BBC was doing an interview with Werner Herzog prior to the release of his film, Grizzly Man. In the middle of the interview, Herzog GETS SHOT IN THE BELLY BY A SNIPER.  Herzog then declines medical treatment and opts not to track down the gunmen, saying of the air rifle, “It is not a significant bullet,” adding “It is not an every day thing, but it does not surprise me to be shot at.  Za poet must never look away.”   Would you expect anything less from a man whose wikipedia picture is him standing in front an old-timey hot air balloon?

“Oont ven I look eento za canvas uff za hot air balloon, I don’t see magic or wonder.  I see za cold eendifferent lawz uff physics, oont realize zat one day, I vill die.  Ees beautiful.”   More fun facts about Werner Herzog after the jump.

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