Nastassja Kinski

My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.

I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday.

It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.