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I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's...

I want to be on set and die hearing those words: Where's Peter?

Quote by Peter Fonda about word, death

Writing is a kind of performing art, and I can't sit down to write unless I'm dressed. I don't mean dressed in a suit, but dressed well and comfortably and I have to be shaved and bathed.

Quote by Peter O'Toole about writing, art, magic

After we finished his scene, Dad wrote me a letter saying that in his 41 years of making motion pictures, he had never seen a crew so devoted to their director, nor a director so devoted to his crew.

Quote by Peter Fonda

All the technical advances have made it interesting for that inexplicable thing called acting, and it's allowing directors to go out and do their thing.

Quote by Peter Fonda about things

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

Quote by Peter Fonda

Brando, any of those are like a backbone on which you can...

Brando, any of those are like a backbone on which you can build a skeleton and put flesh and blood in.

Quote by Peter Fonda about blood, contentment

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a...

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in.

Quote by Peter Fonda about family, mother

Every director is so different from every other one.

Every director is so different from every other one.

Quote by Peter Fonda

Everyone always has a different perception of you.

Everyone always has a different perception of you.

Quote by Peter Fonda about contentment

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was...

Getting out from under the shadow of Henry Fonda was difficult.

Quote by Peter Fonda about shadow

He was an extraordinary actor. The neat part was acting with him. He said, I don't know why you give yourself that kind of trouble, son. But for me, there was no trouble.

Quote by Peter Fonda about problems, actors, contentment

He wrote, You are a very good director, son, and I love you very much. Your dad. He had never used those words with me before. I passed that letter around the company. For without the company, the letter would never have been written.

Quote by Peter Fonda about companies, word, good, good luck, contentment, love

He'd gone back into the hospital and I knew this really was it. I thought, Here comes the test. Can we look each other in the eyes? He grabbed me by the shoulders. He said, I love you very much, Son.

Quote by Peter Fonda about tests, eyes, thinking, love, contentment

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me...

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.

Quote by Peter Fonda about old, olderness, good, good luck

Her heart was in the right place, but her head wasn't.

Her heart was in the right place, but her head wasn't.

Quote by Peter Fonda about heads, heart, rightness

How could I find out who he was if I was trying to be his...

How could I find out who he was if I was trying to be his son and had no idea who I was myself?

Quote by Peter Fonda about idea

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to...

I always seemed to disappoint them. They expected me to be different than Henry or exactly like Henry. I was neither.

Quote by Peter Fonda

I could see the concern on Jane's face and how she didn't...

I could see the concern on Jane's face and how she didn't want to tell me that she didn't think it was a very good movie.

Quote by Peter Fonda about worry, good, good luck, face

I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale.

I don't trust anybody who didn't inhale.

Quote by Peter Fonda

I got to play a character that required me to throw everything heavy away. No one thought I could handle this kind of character or do multidimensional stuff.

Quote by Peter Fonda about character, thinking

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