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Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.
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You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.
Klaus Kinski
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I don't try to justify myself or defend myself. I've always done what I had to. She should know for herself that I love her, that I've loved her always, always. Those years you can't replace by words, though. After years and years, words get weaker and weaker.
Klaus Kinski -
ASSHOLES! Do you ask a car crash for another take? Do you ask a volcano for another take? Do you ask the storm for another take?
Klaus Kinski -
I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
Klaus Kinski -
The shooting is one long battle against the aggressive obstinacy of the 'directress' bitch and her clod of a cameraman - and the two of them stick solidly together in their obduracy.
Klaus Kinski -
I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.
Klaus Kinski -
It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.
Klaus Kinski
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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 -
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 -
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
Klaus Kinski -
You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.
Klaus Kinski -
The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.
Klaus Kinski -
I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.
Klaus Kinski
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I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!
Klaus Kinski -
The dimensions of my feelings are too violent.
Klaus Kinski -
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 -
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 -
Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this.
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
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Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.
Klaus Kinski -
I am dying of hunger.
Klaus Kinski -
I didn't choose solitude.
Klaus Kinski -
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