Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble.
I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good ac… - Dennis Hopper
I made a picture called Super Mario Bros., and my six-year-old son at the time - he's now 18 - he said, 'Dad I think you're probably a pretty good ac…
- Dennis Hopper
I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people. - Dennis Hopper
I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.
You're like a turd that won't flush. - Dennis Hopper
You're like a turd that won't flush.
I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me. - Dennis Hopper
I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.
The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad. - Dennis Hopper
The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.
The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in. - Dennis Hopper
The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.
There are moments that I`ve had some real brilliance, you know. But I think they are moments. And sometimes, in a career, moments are enough. - Dennis Hopper
There are moments that I`ve had some real brilliance, you know. But I think they are moments. And sometimes, in a career, moments are enough.
People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear. - Dennis Hopper
People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear.
Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting. - Dennis Hopper
Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.
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