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. Klaus Kinski More Quotes by Klaus Kinski More Quotes From 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 driving hate people I didn't choose solitude. Klaus Kinski solitude I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar. Klaus Kinski church sea jesus Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets. Klaus Kinski movie-making cleaning toilets I make movies for money, exclusively for money. Klaus Kinski 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. Klaus Kinski laughter grief joy 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! Klaus Kinski running kids thinking Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this, but it means that these women, they were not sharing my solitude. Klaus Kinski i-can want Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent Klaus Kinski beast born talent You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible Klaus Kinski sensitive treats body When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't. Klaus Kinski I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive. Klaus Kinski alive needs 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 bed three years 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. Klaus Kinski sixteen coward want The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex. Klaus Kinski tourists real sex 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 wall doors hands I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn this. Klaus Kinski violent dimensions feelings It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000. Klaus Kinski prize nobel want In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold. Klaus Kinski cold-heart cold way 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-wish more fight wish
