When some people were going around being surf bums and tennis bums, I was being a gallery bum. I really liked galleries. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
Banks wont even loan each other money, everybody's going broke, and here we are inside here, these people are going to be… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The alcohol was awful. I was a terrible alcoholic. I mean, people used to ask how much drugs I did. I said,… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I didn't see an abstract painting until I was 18, when I went to Vincent Price's house and saw Richard Niebencorn, Wolff,… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I've been a Republican since Reagan. I voted for Bush and his father. I don't tell a lot of people, because I… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The best and only authentic book written on the sixties underground. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
When some people were going around being surf bums and tennis bums, I was being a gallery bum. I really liked galleries. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation. — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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,… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
The inside of the Pentagon is an incredible place and a dramatic set. We do [travel] outside, but the inside workings of the civilian… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
... I'm sort of a nervous person with the camera, so I will just shoot arbitrarily until I can focus and compose something, and… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
[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… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
![“The inside of the Pentagon is an incredible place and a dramatic set. We do [travel] outside, but the inside workings of the civilian oversight of the military inside the Pentagon is really about as exciting as anything you ever want to deal with. It is really amazing.” quote by Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eee/dennis-hopper-8988_civilians_the-inside-of-the-pentagon-is-an-incredi_385548.jpg)
![“... I'm sort of a nervous person with the camera, so I will just shoot arbitrarily until I can focus and compose something, and then I make a shot. So generally, in [the] proof sheets, there are only three or four really concentrated efforts to take a photograph. It's not like a professional kind…” quote by Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/386/dennis-hopper-8988_cameras_i-m-sort-of-a-nervous-person-with-the-ca_505762.jpg)
![“[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 a couple of years. I didn't take any photographs, and then I went to Japan and saw a Nikon used. I bought it, and I just started, like an alcoholic. I shot 300 rolls of film. That…” quote by Dennis Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e73/dennis-hopper-8988_alcoholics_after-easy-rider-i-couldn-t-get-another_610482.jpg)