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..

You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible.

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..

I've solved the mystery: You have to submit silently. Open up, let go. Let anything penetrate you, even the most painful things. Endure. Bear up. Tha….

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

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

Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have….

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself..

When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't..

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

The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountai….

I sell myself for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference..

I make movies for money, exclusively for money..

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

It is the Nobel Prize I want. It's worth $400,000..

Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this, but it means that these women,….

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

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

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

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink..