The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.

I didn't choose solitude.

I actually get venereal disease more often than most people catch colds.

Where a beast would have claws, I was born with talent

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

On working with director Werner Herzog: 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.

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.