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….

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..

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

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

I make movies for money, exclusively for money..

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

The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself..

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….

Why do I continue making movies? Making movies is better than cleaning toilets..

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

Why have I had this life? If I knew, I wouldn't have done it.

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

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

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean,….

At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be ki….

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

About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio do….

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 ….

I could be with a woman in a bed, for weeks even, and it would seem to me like three seconds. Or 300 years..