'If you always need money like I do, then you can't be selective about movies. They're all just one big heap of nonsense.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Kinski argues financial pressure forces actors to accept any project, reducing art to meaningless nonsense.
- In plain terms
- Needing money stops you from choosing good movies.
- What can you take from it?
- Financial necessity limits artistic choice.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does money influence art?
- Can you stay true when broke?
Another view
Not all artists let money dictate their work.
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