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Klaus Kinski [1926-1991] German
Rank: 102
Actor


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, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, and Cobra Verde. 

Food, Freedom, Truth



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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.
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One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
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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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You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.
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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. Food
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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. Truth
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People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.
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The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.
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Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this.
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Fun? There is no fun.
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I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.
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It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000.
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What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said. Freedom
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You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.
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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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I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference.
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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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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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Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent.
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You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible.
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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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I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years.
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I didn't choose solitude.
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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.
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I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
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Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.
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But words - words are not enough!
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I am dying of hunger.
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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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In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold.
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The dimensions of my feelings are too violent.
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When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.
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Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it.
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