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 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

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

- 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.

- Dennis Hopper

You're like a turd that won't flush.

- 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.

- 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.

- Dennis Hopper

The reality of things going on around me is more interesting than the fantasies of the world I work in.

- Dennis Hopper

Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

- Dennis Hopper