Werner Herzog: ‘I’ve Always Made Mainstream Movies’

“Because when you have a real good story to tell, real good actors, it’s always mainstream. Sometimes in a way it was secret mainstream. But a film like Aguirre, the Wrath of God, made 40 years ago almost, is mainstream today. It was not at the time.” (Also, “I don’t even know what irony exactly is, but I think it’s always hilarious.”)