I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.
Dennis HopperI've always been doing some sort of art. I started off, when I was very young, painting.
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.
Dennis Hopper