Klaus Kinski Quotes

October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991

Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, best remembered for his emotional outbursts and work with director Werner Herzog. He was the father of Nastassja Kinski.

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.

Kinski : The Master of Screen Depravity Speaks, Fangoria #28

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... I would have been better than Adolf Hitler. I could have delivered his speeches a lot better... that's for certain.

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— Kinski : The Master of Screen Depravity Speaks, Fangoria #28

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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.

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— Kinski : The Master of Screen Depravity Speaks, Fangoria #28

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Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets.

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— Playboy (USA) November 1985, Vol. 32, Iss. 11, pg. 84-86+178-190, by: Marcelle Clements, "Klaus Kinski & The Thing"

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Werner, nobody will read this book if I don't write bad stuff about you. If I wrote that we get along well together, nobody would buy it. The scum only wants to hear about the dirt, all the time.

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— As quoted by Werner Herzog, in My Best Fiend, (1999)

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I don't care about that scum! Why should I receive a prize? I know that I'm a genius!

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— As quoted by Werner Herzog, in My Best Fiend, (1999)

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The flamenco of the Gypsy has nothing to do with the flamenco for tourists. Real flamenco is like sex.

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— p. 179 (Kinski Uncut : The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski (1996))

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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!"

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— p. 289 (Kinski Uncut : The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski (1996))

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