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
At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.
On working with director Werner Herzog: 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.
I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear up. That's the magic key! The text comes by itself, and its meaning shakes the soul ... You mustn't let scar tissue form on your wounds; you have to keep ripping them open in order to turn your insides into a marvelous instrument that is capable of anything. All this has its price.
I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.
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.
Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent
Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this
The dimensions of my feelings are too violent
I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
I am dying of hunger.
When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.
I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy.
You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.
The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex.