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.
Klaus Kinski

But words - words are not enough!
Klaus Kinski

Fun? There is no fun.
Klaus Kinski

I am dying of hunger.
Klaus Kinski

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

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.
Klaus Kinski

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

I didn't choose solitude.
Klaus Kinski

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

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.
Klaus Kinski


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.
Klaus Kinski

I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
Klaus Kinski

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

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

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

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.
Klaus Kinski

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

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

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

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.
Klaus Kinski