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Klaus Kinski Quotes

About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie.

But words - words are not enough!

Fun? There is no fun.

I am dying of hunger.

I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.

I didn't choose solitude.

I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.

I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever.

I knew there were, in myself, the souls of millions of people who lived centuries ago; not just people but animals, plants, the elements, things, even, matter. All of these exist in me.

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.

I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.

In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold.

It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

Once, I took a taxi. I hate those limousines. They stink and their drivers have been driving dead people to the cemeteries.

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.