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> [It's strange: I always try to do the best acting job I can do under the imaginary circumstances of my working position at any given time. But it's terrible when you know it's going bad, and you know it immediately.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/it-s-strange-i-always-try-to-do-the-best-acting-job-i-can-do-under/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

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## More by Dennis Hopper

> [The best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/the-best-and-only-authentic-book-written-on-the-sixties-underground/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [When some people were going around being surf bums and tennis bums, I was being a gallery bum. I really liked galleries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/when-some-people-were-going-around-being-surf-bums-and-tennis-bums-i/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-used-to-have-to-wear-a-gas-mask-to-school-when-i-was-a-kid-because/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [I did a video with Mick Jagger down in Rio de Janeiro. But I played a video director, and that's the closest I've gotten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-did-a-video-with-mick-jagger-down-in-rio-de-janeiro-but-i-played-a/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/like-all-artists-i-want-to-cheat-death-a-little-and-contribute/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [I'm just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City, Kansas. And I always thought that acting was art, writing was art, music was art,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-m-just-a-middle-class-farm-boy-from-dodge-city-kansas-and-i-always/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [You know, this is such a rich time that we've just been involved in, and there's really a job now for historians. Film is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/you-know-this-is-such-a-rich-time-that-we-ve-just-been-involved-in/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [I am just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City and my grandparents were wheat farmers. I thought painting, acting, directing and photography were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-am-just-a-middle-class-farm-boy-from-dodge-city-and-my-grandparents/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [ The inside of the Pentagon is an incredible place and a dramatic set. We do \[travel\] outside, but the inside workings of the civilian… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/the-inside-of-the-pentagon-is-an-incredible-place-and-a-dramatic-set/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [It's strange: I always try to do the best acting job I can do under the imaginary circumstances of my working position at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/it-s-strange-i-always-try-to-do-the-best-acting-job-i-can-do-under/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [... I'm sort of a nervous person with the camera, so I will just shoot arbitrarily until I can focus and compose something, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/i-m-sort-of-a-nervous-person-with-the-camera-so-i-will-just-shoot/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [ \[After Easy Rider\] I couldn't get another movie, so I lived in Mexico City for a couple of years. I lived in Paris for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/after-easy-rider-i-couldn-t-get-another-movie-so-i-lived-in-mexico/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [Society loves to put bubbles up there and pop them, and I resent it. I'd rather expose myself myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/society-loves-to-put-bubbles-up-there-and-pop-them-and-i-resent-it-i/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/my-whole-written-history-is-one-big-lie-i-mean-i-can-t-even-believe/)

[Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-hopper/)

> [Banks wont even loan each other money, everybody's going broke, and here we are inside here, these people are going to be out on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-hopper/banks-wont-even-loan-each-other-money-everybody-s-going-broke-and/)

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