Roger Ebert describes seeing Werner Hertzog at the 62nd annual Conference on World Affairs doing a shot by shot analysis of “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” and taking questions from the audience:

Kinski, in constant rage. Describing himself as a “natural man” who could live in the forest like an animal. Then complaining that his tent leaked. Then complaining that the thatch shelter built over the tent leaked. Then moving at great inconvenience to the production into a shabby hotel where he beat his wife nightly, the crew discreetly removing the blood stains.

“A coward,” Herzog says.

“Is it true,” a voice from the dark asks, “that the Indians asked your permission to murder him?”

“No. That was on ‘Fitzcarraldo’.”

I strongly recommend that anyone who has enjoyed the parodies of Herzog narrating Curious George, Matilda, and Where’s Waldo? see Herzog’s own parody of himself, Incident at Loch Ness. It has many hilarious exchanges like this:

Zak Penn: At least we’re not dragging the boat over a hill…
Werner Herzog: What was that?
Zak Penn: Uh… nothing.