Klaus Kinski

Actor

1926-10-18

Quotes by Klaus Kinski

• 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.

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

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• Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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