I resisted being an actor for some time.

- Henry Hopper

I don't want to be in a movie with 20 minutes of dialogue and then stand around while the robots start explosions.

- Henry Hopper

Film is something that reaches so many people. How many people are going to go into a gallery? And understand what they're seeing? I think about the …

- Henry Hopper

I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.

- Henry Hopper

While I'm here on this planet, I really want to create art and do creative things.

- Henry Hopper

You can very easily be turned into a commodity. I've grown up with it.

- Henry Hopper

I see myself as a creative being. My only fear is compromising my integrity. I guess that's a constant struggle.

- Henry Hopper