Dennis Hopper Quotes

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Well let's face it, what right have you to a life, unless you devote it to dispelling the confines that our parents worked so hard to achieve... although don't forget that we're all parents now.

Dennis Hopper
Once we get out of the 80s, the 90s are going to make the 60s seem like the 50s.

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
Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent - they're with Disney! Come on. Or they're with Warner Brothers. They're all with somebody.

Dennis Hopper
Sure I remember the Seventies. There were a lot of drawn blinds and dark rooms.

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 still very young. This is the first hundred years of filmmaking. So I think it's important that we have some sense of history and continuity. Especially in film.

Dennis Hopper
You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.

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 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 of person who sets it up so every photograph looks really cool.

Dennis Hopper