Klaus Kinski Quotes

Klaus Kinski — German Actor born on October 18, 1926, died on November 23, 1991

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. He was considered a controversial figure in Germany. Some of his violent outbursts on set were filmed in Herzog's documentary My Best Fiend... (wikipedia)

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.

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

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.

You leap over the wall of one ghetto and find yourself in another ghetto.

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 Quotes

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