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

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.

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.

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.

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 don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.