Quotes by Klaus Kinski

About Klaus Kinski:

Klaus Kinski was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982) and Cobra Verde (1987). He was considered a controversial figure in Germany. Some of his violent outbursts on set were filmed in Herzog's documentary My Best Fiend.
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ach! wüßtet ihr wie schwer es ist, wenn man gehängt ist und nicht sterben kann!!

Klaus Kinski

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Klaus Kinski

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

The dimensions of my feelings are too violent.

Klaus Kinski

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.

Klaus Kinski

When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.

Klaus Kinski

Author Bio

  • NameKlaus Kinski
  • DescriptionGerman actor
  • BornOctober 18, 1926
  • DiedNovember 23, 1991
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionActor; Director