Werner Herzog on Emoji: ‘Let Them Keep Smiling. I Don’t Care’

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My name is Werner herzog.

I'm a filmmaker, and I'm showing,

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World.

It's a film about the internet.

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I don't have a cell phone,

I hardly use the internet.

I don't have a Twitter account.

I know what Facebook is all about.

I decided not to sign up.

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I would walk away from the dinner table,

and I would not have dinner with you again,

unless you left your cell phone behind.

I would just leave you alone with your steak.

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No, why shouldn't you contribute to Kickstarter?

I personally, prefer people who take initiative,

and they do work.

I tell them, earn money as a bouncer in a sex club.

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I don't even know what it is.

[Crew Member] It's the like, smiley faces.

They're the little icons--

What do I think about it?

Let them keep smiling, I don't care.

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If you go into online dating you better know.

It's stylized versions, invented versions, of self.

You don't even know if a robot is answering.

You don't even know if a dog sits at the laptop,

and writes back to you.

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I don't do any selfies because I do not have a cell phone.