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
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 sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.
But words - words are not enough!
I didn't choose solitude.
Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.
Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have escaped it, it is there.
You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible
Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent
The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.
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 don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.
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.
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.
You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.