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“I've always been doing some sort of art. I started off, when I was very young, painting.”

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Dennis Hopper was an American actor, director, and producer, renowned for his roles in films such as 'Easy Rider' and 'Apocalypse Now'. His career spanned five decades, and he received numerous awards and nominations for his work. more

“I couldn't get a job acting all the time and there were down periods where I could take photographs or paint. I got into a lot of trouble when I was young, from making two films with James Dean, watching him work and then him dying and thinking I could turn down work. There was a big difference, he was a star and I wasn't. So I got in a lot of trouble and was essentially banned from Hollywood.”

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“I was someone who was out of control and not to be worked with. It was partly because method acting was a new thing in Hollywood then and Marlon Brando had gotten through and Montgomery Clift had gotten through and James Dean but beyond that there wasn't really anybody.”

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“The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.”

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“As an actor, you have no control really.”

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“Photography and painting, all of that fed into my directing eventually.”

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“I went back to photography in the 1990s. But from the 60s to the 90s I didn't really take any photographs at all, unfortunately. During that period I lived in France, I lived in England, I lived all over the place in different cities. I didn't take any photographs and because I felt I had really accomplished everything that I wanted to in photography during the period between 61 and 67.”

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