“I used to have to wear a gas mask to school when I was a kid because of the dust. I would tell people that the first light I saw was in a movie theater, because the sun was just a little glow.” PeopleFirstsLittlesLightKidsSchoolUsedSunSawsTheaterDustGasMaskMovie TheaterGas Masks Author:Dennis Hopper
“The alcohol was awful. I was a terrible alcoholic. I mean, people used to ask how much drugs I did. I said, 'I only do drugs so I can drink more'. I was doing the coke so I could drink more. I mean, I don't know any other reason. I'd start drinking in the morning. I'd drink all day long.” PeopleKnowsMeanLongSaidI CanReasonUsedAsksMorningTerribleDrinkDrugDrinkingAlcoholAwfulAlcoholicsCokeMean People 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 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 was the beginning of me starting again.” YearsFilmUsedEasyCitiesSawsCoupleShotsPhotographStartingParisJapanMexicoAlcoholicsRidersMexico CityNikonEasy Rider Author:Dennis Hopper
“I've been sober now for 18 years. With all the drugs, psychedelics and narcotics I did, I was [really] an alcoholic. Honestly, I only used to do cocaine so I could sober up and drink more. My last five years of drinking was a nightmare. I was drinking a half-gallon of rum with a fifth of rum on the side, in case I ran out, 28 beers a day, and three grams of cocaine just to keep me moving around. And I thought I was doing fine because I wasn't crawling around drunk on the floor.” YearsLastsMovingUsedThreeSidesHalfCasesFiveFineDrinkDrugDrinkingHonestlyDrunkBeerRanFive YearsNightmareSoberFifthAlcoholicsCocaineCrawlingNarcoticsGallonsRumLast Five YearsSober Up Author:Dennis Hopper
