Dennis Hopper

I changed to Republican when Reagan became president because I wanted to see a change to years of Democrat-run Senate. And I voted Republican until Obama. I think he's terrific. ”

I think 'Easy Rider' might have been the first time that someone made a film using found music instead of an orchestral score. No one had really used found music in a movie before, except to play on radios or when someone was singing in a scene. ”

I painted from the time I was five years old. I was going to be a painter, an actor, a director, and a writer. ”

In Method acting, you can't have preconceived ideas. You have to live in the moment. You have to keep yourself open. ”

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be. ”