Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinskiwas a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, and Cobra Verde. He was also known for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns, most notably For a Few Dollars More, A Bullet for the General, The Great Silence, And God Said to Cain, Shoot the Living and Pray for the Deadand A Genius, Two Partners...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 October 1926
CountryGermany
It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.
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.
What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.
I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain.
If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either.
Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of an idiot.
The street kid in me says, "Grab the money and run - who cares who it's from! Don't think about whatever you have to do for it or when you have to do it!
It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.
You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.
In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold.
You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible
Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it
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 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.