Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country.

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

... 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.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

Well, it's not just money. I consider myself establishment right now. I'm borderline establishment, I'm hanging on by my toenails - but I'm establishment.

I was a Shakespearean actor, I had preconceived ideas, line readings - everything was a gesture, everything was conscious.

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