Dominic Cooper Quotes

It happens very rarely that your ears perk up about a certain project.

It's a good feeling to come away from a day's work feeling like you've achieved something. Tired brain is good.

There is nothing I hate more than meeting someone who has forgotten the art of conversing.

Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.

The stunt guys are absolutely brilliant, but all this stuff [a scene] always looks better when you do it yourself.

Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.

You should always think about things that excite you and that you can learn from.

I don't see myself as being a heart-throb at all.

I feel very fortunate, always.

I think you grow up wanting to be a racing driver. Then it dawns on you that it's not going to happen.

I like being in focus, in the moment, changing and adapting and creating and advancing a scene.

There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.

To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.

People are earning their living as 'celebrities' without actually doing anything.

It's funny, I never think I'm doing that well. I've never, ever. I just constantly think, 'This isn't working out.'

When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.

I have always worked from that place, that if you are going to inhabit someone and get under their eyes, you need to have empathy.

You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor it.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

I've always been astonished by how wonderful he [Timur Bekmambetov] makes something look for so little. I think he shoots action like no one else.

I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

I look like a turnip with hair in the morning!

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

I have a very easy life, I can wander around.

Yes, I want children and I can't wait to have that closeness with someone - to bring someone into the world. But, I really don't know when.

I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.