Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent Klaus Kinski More Quotes by Klaus Kinski More Quotes From 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 wishdreamdesire One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. Klaus Kinski realjudgingmen I actually get venereal disease more often than most people catch colds. Klaus Kinski diseasepeople 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. Klaus Kinski keysletting-goorder The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself. Klaus Kinski ultimateacting 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 fightingwishdirectors People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either. Klaus Kinski terriblebeautifulpeople 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 oceanstrongbook 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. Klaus Kinski broken-hearthurtrunning I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference. Klaus Kinski sellshighestdifferences 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 hurtskybird You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame. Klaus Kinski frameworkpaintingneeds I am dying of hunger. Klaus Kinski hungerdying The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake Klaus Kinski over-youlakeswater Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it Klaus Kinski this-lifedoneifs If I hadn't refused Ken Russell, Fellini and Spielberg and made their movies when they asked me, my life would be no different. It is not my fault that I accepted one movie and turned down another. I don't see any point in defending myself, either. Klaus Kinski faultsdifferentwould-be 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 soulanimalpeople I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain. Klaus Kinski has-beenscertainspeech You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto. Klaus Kinski finding-yourselfghettowall Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of an idiot. Klaus Kinski advicemeandirectors
