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

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You don't become the character.

You don't become the character.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

Bob Dylan is out of the mentorship of Allen Ginsberg.

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought...

I wasn't really aware that my father was working for quite a while. I thought...

Every director is so different from every other one.

Every director is so different from every other one.

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else...

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else...

I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody...

I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody...

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a...

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a...

LSD was designed for you to look inside yourself. Quite a liberating experience if you...

LSD was designed for you to look inside yourself. Quite a liberating experience if you...

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

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

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

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They...

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They...

Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collePeoples will be as before, the...

Remember, Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's collePeoples will be as before, the...

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have...

I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have...

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

I have always maintained that society has no business dictating morality.

I was famous from birth.

I was famous from birth.

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

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

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

The word courage - God, I love that word. Words are so important to me.

It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to...

It took us a long time to find out that we had been lied to...

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

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

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no...

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no...