Klaus Kinski on Letterman, March 24, 1983

This guy wasn't even acting every time he played a disturbing character, he was just being himself. He once said he wasn't an actor because acting is lying and that he's not a liar.

Great

That dude was a serious prick. It's what happens when petulant, arrogant people aren't told 'no.'

wow, either he really likes the host, was very chill that day or the language barrier really throttled his madness 😂
No comparison to every interview he had in german.

William dafoe should star in a biopic

Very gifted actor, but he was BATSHIT CRAZY!!!! Makes Marlon Brando’s antics seem like child’s play.

You can see he doesn't like being interrupted, a couple of times he almost lost it. But great actor 🇬🇧🇹🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷

This guy molested both his daughters, Pola and Nastassja, for many years of their life. They did not ruin his life while he was alive, even though he absolutely dismantled and destroyed theirs. Yet so many still glorify him as some raging, rebel lunatic, who in any other field of work would’ve been jailed or institutionalized. It’s time we stop putting actors on pedestals. Most of them are shameful narcissists, some are monsters, few seem to contain any moral quality whatsoever…This miserable, despicable excuse for a man, should never be spoken of again, and his only legacy should be that of a monster and a pedophile.

Dave wisely kept the flattery coming and chose his words carefully. Self-preservation is a powerful motivator. And Dave has that bad neck too that must be protected at all costs!

Such a nice guy, complex but very amiable.

You can Tell The Ya Yo was really good back Then....

Ekelhafter Psychopath

Kinski licking his lips like he did some toots

❤

I think he just hated other Germans.

Its pretty scary to see him not angry. Actually joking, smiling, enjoying the conservation. It's so unnatural coming from him

Something on him reminds me on Rami Malek (just minus the sweetheart part).

Klaus Kinski spielt einen Gast bei Letterman... das kann nur Schauspielerei gewesen sein.. denn das hier war ganz klar nicht Klaus Kinski :D

Interesting that Klaus didn't enjoy the make up, Reggie Nalder who played Barlow in Salems Lot also loathed the make up process, his character was based on Nosferatu 👍

In den USA konnte er sich benehmen 😅

"Well, well, if it isn't the smoker". GBU

Usually it’s the really talented brilliant ones who are the most trouble.

You're admiring a pedophile who raped his own daughter.

It’s wonderful to see him be charming and polite with the all denim Americana fit

He is asking what "peculiar" means. Letterman did not help him out at all.

1. Kinski demands coffee and then never even drinks it. Does he want it for a prop or a way to demand control? 2. He says he doesn’t like Herzog but keeps redirecting the topic of conversation back to him. 3. Watch what he does with his right hand and his overall body language. He’s nervous, uncomfortable, guarded, defensive, almost insecure. A fascinating character!

My German father-in-law used to speak to him frequently in Marin County, California around this time. He recalls the Kinski we see here, a pleasant man making the usual small talk about life. His madness was always there, but not always provoked.

kinski is a lizard

Rudolf Klein-Rogge the prototype for Klaus Kinski

He was acting like people expected him to act. The Germans loved him freaking out completely. The Americans were another audience, he understood that
and adapted. His English is advanced, few Germans at that time were speaking English at all.

I sure hope that that coffee was hot 😂😂😂

This guy is a lot like Trump. Angry at the world, narcisstic, petty, vindictive, extremely defensive, prone to violent outbursts, constantly defensive, mumbles irrationally, unfocused, and deeply insecure.

People shouldn't laugh at the unbelievably badass and masterfully executed Nosferatu look!!

Would have been a great addition to one flew over the cuckoo's nest.... seriously though insane in the membrane but a seriously gifted performer... definitely a touch of genius about him

Well well it’s Juan wild

He looks so uncomfortable sitting down….shifting and moving.

Oskar Werner, the GREAT Oskar Werner, once stated, that he don't ever want to execute advices from a director that is not able to do good work in his view. And so was Kinski. You can't cast Actors like this thinking that you are smarter then them. Klaus Kinski was one of a kind. He had no talent in treating his family well. But BOY! was he a talented Actor. By the way. He HATED the german attitudes. That's why he was so smooth in this interview. In german Shows he was Godzilla against anybody else. I witnessed it first hand. He hated the germans and their little, old fashioned views how an Artist must work

Das ist das Entspannteste Interview was ich je von ihm Gesehen habe

I think Klaus Kinski was one of the most best actors ever,at least Germans.

Wow, he even seems... human, amazing.

La cattiveria e l'espressione di rabbia che secondo me ha interpretato nel film di Sergio Leone ,(Per qualche dollaro in più) con Lee Van Cleef non ha eguali ,e per me è stato insuperabile in quel film!!!

Vielleicht liegt es auch daran.
Wie man im Wald rein ruft.
Ich bin überwältigt wie gut dieser Mann
Englisch spricht .
Ich beneide ihn.
So verkehrt war der gar nicht.

So denn…👍✌️

Estaba bien medicado ese dia jajajaja

Thats Strange. In germans interview Klaus was very different.. in this interview he is normal.. you must see german interviews.. they are funny.. i like Klaus Kinski very much.

Got a Hunch about this Man!🙂

I think Kinski must have been a fan of Letterman, this is the calmest footage of him ever.

Actors should be more like Kinski!
Real !
Not fake!

Kinsky would have made the perfect Joker

Kinski in a good day ...thanks god !!!! 😅