100 Quotes by Udo Kier

When I have a part that isn't the leading part, I want to act in a way that people remember. Otherwise, what is the point?

I'm very laid-back, and I meet people just by accident - never through agencies or anything like that. I met Paul Morrissey, who directed me in 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein,' on a plane from Rome to Munich. He asked for my telephone number and wrote it in his passport.

In my real life I'm a very normal person.

I like to go from film to film, meeting new people and playing new roles. Because actors are like children: They want to play, and I like to play.

I collect furniture and modern art. And I never go to any parties. I rather prefer to go around in nature.

Normally, I like my privacy in the high desert.

I've done more than 65 films. I don't count them anymore. The first 10 you count and then you stop.

I like to work with directors where you feel they make the movies not for the audience, but make them for themselves. They don't care if it's a success financially. That's what I like.

I mean, if you are director like Lars Von Trier who is able to get actors on a table like Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara, James Caan, Nicole Kidman, Chloe Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier, all in the self-service situation in the same room, the same trailer, no money, then you must have something that everybody accepts.