About Nastassja
“Nastassja was perfect for the role. I was completely seduced by her. I caressed her face on my editing table. But I found that she requires a lot of care, love and work. She makes great demands – and woe to the director who cannot satisfy them. You have to be strong with Nastassja. Otherwise she will devour you.”
— Mike Figgis, One-Night Stand
“To understand Nastassja, you must look at her parents.. Her mother is a poet, her father was possessed.”
— Werner Herzog
“When I saw her for the first time, she was only 15… Her face was so great that it took my breath away when I looked at it. We all knew that she was going to be a star.”
— Wolfgang Petersen, Tatort: Reifezeugnis
“If Nastassja breaks through—and it’s my feeling she will—as an American star, she’ll be the first European, non-English-speaking actress [to do so] since Ingrid Bergman.”
— Paul Schrader
By Nastassja
“It is always amazing when one gets an interesting and good review, especially if the film and work means something to you. If you did a lot of research and you worked on it and love it, of course, it matters. Then again, if it matters too much, that’s not right, because if you believe in something you should stand by it in any weather, I think. At times, it affects you, but, again, one has to be just true to one’s self and do one’s best with your heart, always.”
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