Dennis Christopher

“I've had a 'Zelig'-like career. I pop up unexpectedly. I'm always kind of around.”

“The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.”

“I've done a lot of stage in my life, but I never had to dominate a stage for three hours.”

“One of my best friends, Stephen Sprouse, Bill Dugan, and I worked designing clothes, doing every conceivable thing. New York was a really intoxicating period for me, literally and figuratively. There was a lot of overlap with Andy Warhol, Studio 54, and Halston.”

“There were two things I wanted to be: an actor and a hippie.”

“I'm not getting involved in sports anymore, except on film. I'm not agile unless a camera's going.”

“I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.”

“I'd always keep going back to the acting. Once the rent was paid, and the phone bill, the next money you had was for acting classes.”

“Because of fear, and the way my career went, I started playing a lot of villainous roles.”

“I had a handle on satisfaction, and I loved my career, but I didn't really know what happiness was. So I started on this quest to have a happy life.”

“I had a bike as a kid, and when I worked in Manhattan - I had a 10-speed - I rode from downtown to 68th and Madison for my day job. I knew about fighting traffic, but nothing about racing.”