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.

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

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

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.

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

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

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