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.

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

I didn't want to be alone, but I had to learn that the dimensions of my feelings are too violent. I had to learn this.

I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.

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

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.

I wish I'd never been an actor. I'd rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body, than selling my tears and my laughter, my grief and my joy.