Linkski – nastassja.kinski.us

Essential

Nostalgia Kinky – celebrating the career of Nastassja Kinski [no longer its own site]

Interesting

Working From the Heart: The Career of Nastassja Kinski – An appreciation of Nastassja Kinski, on the occasion of a tribute to her at the Film Society at Lincoln Center, November 2014

Galleries

Amusing

Mind-control and Kinski: symbolism in Cat People and To the Devil a Daughter
An encounter with Nastassja, during the filming of Maria’s Lovers.

Interviews

After ‘Tess’ and Roman Polanski, Nastassia Kinski Trades Notoriety for L.a. Propriety – People, 1981
NASTASSIA KINSKI : WILD CHILD. Part 1 – Time, c. 1983
Nastassja Kinski – David Speranza, 1995
Nastassja Kinski: Still a daddy’s girl – The Independent, 1997
Daddy’s girl – The Guardian, 1999
Kith and Kinski – Daily Telegraph, 2001
The Doe-Eyed Tearaway, Daily Telegraph, 2002
Interview with actress Nastassja Kinski – IndianTelevision.com, 2003
Interview with Tony Bray – TV Now, 2004
Screen siren – St Petersburg Times, 2011 [PDF: page 5]
Nastassja Kinski at the Terrazza Martini – Huffington Post, 2012

Cousin Orson July 30, 2023 at 9:34 pm

Interview with Sonja (03/17/2012)
https://www.parismatch.com/People/Sonja-Kinski-se-fait-un-prenom-159073

Translation:

Paris Match: Is the Kinski name easy to bear?

Sonja Kinski: I consider this name as a beautiful heritage. The talent and the madness of my grandfather and my mother have always been a source of inspiration for me. Let’s say that I experienced certain things that made me immediately become an adult.

Did you know your grandfather?

SK: At home, his name was never spoken. My mother hated him so much that I feel like I’m betraying her by even being interested in him. It was my friends who confirmed to me that he was a brilliant man. With us, family relations have always been very complicated. The only person with whom we maintain a link is my uncle Nikolai Kinski, my mother’s half-brother, born in 1976, and who is an actor in Berlin. I like him a lot.

Were you raised in the United States?

SK: Not completely. I was born in Switzerland and spent the first years of my life in Rome with my parents. I was 6 years old when they separated. My mother, who had just met Quincy Jones, then moved to Los Angeles with my brother Aljosha and me.

Do you adapt easily to this new life?

SK: No. At school, as I don’t speak the language well, all the children make fun of me. I’m the laughingstock of the playground, they call me “the Italian”, “the foreigner”, and no one wants to be my friend. I’m also very big for my age. I’m a head taller than my classmates and everyone thinks I’ve repeated a grade several times! To make matters worse, I find myself ugly and am very complexed. Every evening, I throw myself crying into the arms of my mother, who spends her time reassuring and comforting me…

At that time, your mother still shoots a lot for the cinema…

SK: Whenever she can, she takes me on set. An atmosphere that I do not like at all, these moments of over-excitement which alternate with great phases of immobility. I tell myself that I will never do this job! Mom can see that I’m unhappy and she’s going to do a wonderful thing: put her career on hold for fifteen years to devote herself exclusively to her children. I have the most amazing mother ever. I love her.

What relationship do you have with Quincy Jones, your stepfather?

SK: Excellent. Even today, when he has been separated from my mother for a long time, I consider him my father. He alone knew how to listen to me, give me life advice, push me to become what I really was. I owe him as much as my mother and I can’t thank him enough. I also get along very well with my little sister, Kenya, that mom and him had together and who is now 18 years old.

What was your family life like?

SK: At the beginning, we lived in a big house with a swimming pool and a garden, surrounded by six dogs. When my mother stopped working to take care of us, things changed a bit! The good thing is that we were raised away from the glitter. Mom did the shopping herself and we never had a driver to drive us to school! I may be the daughter of an actress, the least we can say is that I do not have delusions of grandeur. I don’t squander what I earn, because I know how to count, and that fame necessarily goes through ups and downs.

What kind of mother was Nastassja?

SK: She’s a very funny woman – she can do some mind-blowing impersonations! – but she can also be very strict about certain things. With her, when I was younger, no smoking, wearing a miniskirt or displaying a cleavage. I always had to look proper, elegant. She is obsessed with vulgarity.

Until what age did you remain this model teenager?

SK: Up to 17 years old. I then entered a phase of rebellion where I was particularly obnoxious to my mother. I started going out a lot, dancing until the end of the night. I suddenly wanted to feel alive.

How did your mother react?

SK: She was sad. She spent her nights distraught, haunting the bars with a photo of me in her hand, asking everyone if they’ve seen this young girl. She didn’t find me once. Sometimes some would say to her sympathetically, “Don’t worry. I know where she is. Nothing bad will happen to her.”

How did this teenage crisis end?

SK: Through my discovery of cinema and the deep desire to make it my profession. And also the desire to give meaning to my life.

However, when you were younger, the idea of becoming an actress horrified you…

SK: Because I was very shy, introverted, and had no self-confidence. For years, I was only interested in painting and photography, towards which I wanted to direct my professional life. Let’s say that, little by little, in the absence of loving myself, I began to accept myself as I am.

How do you imagine yourself in ten years?

SK: For now, I am unable to project myself into the future, nor to have a stable relationship with a man. I’m just trying to rebuild myself, to feel good in my body and in my head after some past mistakes. I’m counting on cinema to help me stay the course!

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Cousin Orson July 30, 2023 at 9:34 pm

Interview with Sonja (03/17/2012)
https://www.parismatch.com/People/Sonja-Kinski-se-fait-un-prenom-159073

Translation:

Paris Match: Is the Kinski name easy to bear?

Sonja Kinski: I consider this name as a beautiful heritage. The talent and the madness of my grandfather and my mother have always been a source of inspiration for me. Let’s say that I experienced certain things that made me immediately become an adult.

Did you know your grandfather?

SK: At home, his name was never spoken. My mother hated him so much that I feel like I’m betraying her by even being interested in him. It was my friends who confirmed to me that he was a brilliant man. With us, family relations have always been very complicated. The only person with whom we maintain a link is my uncle Nikolai Kinski, my mother’s half-brother, born in 1976, and who is an actor in Berlin. I like him a lot.

Were you raised in the United States?

SK: Not completely. I was born in Switzerland and spent the first years of my life in Rome with my parents. I was 6 years old when they separated. My mother, who had just met Quincy Jones, then moved to Los Angeles with my brother Aljosha and me.

Do you adapt easily to this new life?

SK: No. At school, as I don’t speak the language well, all the children make fun of me. I’m the laughingstock of the playground, they call me “the Italian”, “the foreigner”, and no one wants to be my friend. I’m also very big for my age. I’m a head taller than my classmates and everyone thinks I’ve repeated a grade several times! To make matters worse, I find myself ugly and am very complexed. Every evening, I throw myself crying into the arms of my mother, who spends her time reassuring and comforting me…

At that time, your mother still shoots a lot for the cinema…

SK: Whenever she can, she takes me on set. An atmosphere that I do not like at all, these moments of over-excitement which alternate with great phases of immobility. I tell myself that I will never do this job! Mom can see that I’m unhappy and she’s going to do a wonderful thing: put her career on hold for fifteen years to devote herself exclusively to her children. I have the most amazing mother ever. I love her.

What relationship do you have with Quincy Jones, your stepfather?

SK: Excellent. Even today, when he has been separated from my mother for a long time, I consider him my father. He alone knew how to listen to me, give me life advice, push me to become what I really was. I owe him as much as my mother and I can’t thank him enough. I also get along very well with my little sister, Kenya, that mom and him had together and who is now 18 years old.

What was your family life like?

SK: At the beginning, we lived in a big house with a swimming pool and a garden, surrounded by six dogs. When my mother stopped working to take care of us, things changed a bit! The good thing is that we were raised away from the glitter. Mom did the shopping herself and we never had a driver to drive us to school! I may be the daughter of an actress, the least we can say is that I do not have delusions of grandeur. I don’t squander what I earn, because I know how to count, and that fame necessarily goes through ups and downs.

What kind of mother was Nastassja?

SK: She’s a very funny woman – she can do some mind-blowing impersonations! – but she can also be very strict about certain things. With her, when I was younger, no smoking, wearing a miniskirt or displaying a cleavage. I always had to look proper, elegant. She is obsessed with vulgarity.

Until what age did you remain this model teenager?

SK: Up to 17 years old. I then entered a phase of rebellion where I was particularly obnoxious to my mother. I started going out a lot, dancing until the end of the night. I suddenly wanted to feel alive.

How did your mother react?

SK: She was sad. She spent her nights distraught, haunting the bars with a photo of me in her hand, asking everyone if they’ve seen this young girl. She didn’t find me once. Sometimes some would say to her sympathetically, “Don’t worry. I know where she is. Nothing bad will happen to her.”

How did this teenage crisis end?

SK: Through my discovery of cinema and the deep desire to make it my profession. And also the desire to give meaning to my life.

However, when you were younger, the idea of becoming an actress horrified you…

SK: Because I was very shy, introverted, and had no self-confidence. For years, I was only interested in painting and photography, towards which I wanted to direct my professional life. Let’s say that, little by little, in the absence of loving myself, I began to accept myself as I am.

How do you imagine yourself in ten years?

SK: For now, I am unable to project myself into the future, nor to have a stable relationship with a man. I’m just trying to rebuild myself, to feel good in my body and in my head after some past mistakes. I’m counting on cinema to help me stay the course!

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- Jim McLennan Post authorAugust 13, 2023 at 2:55 pm
  
  I must get round to watching some of Sonia’s movies. Probably not quite enough for a whole site, unlike mom and granddaddy, but perhaps worth an article!
  
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Cousin Orson July 30, 2023 at 9:39 pm

This is from Sonja’s instagram account:
https://imgur.com/ASGAUID

“There is nobody like my mom. I miss you mama @nastassja.kinski #youareajedi #survivor #doingthe best you can with what u have. And your killing it. I’m so proud of you for working on your book. I can’t imagine how hard that is to relive. ❤️❤️❤️. Love you mama”

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