![Dominic Cooper quotes: The stunt guys are absolutely brilliant, but all this stuff [a scene] always looks better when you do it yourself.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/dominic-cooper-quotes-1927181.jpg "Dominic Cooper quotes: The stunt guys are absolutely brilliant, but all this stuff [a scene] always looks better when you do it yourself.")
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. ![Dominic Cooper quotes: 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.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/dominic-cooper-quotes-841650.jpg "Dominic Cooper quotes: 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'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. ![Dominic Cooper quotes: I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.](http://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/dominic-cooper-quotes-922766.jpg "Dominic Cooper quotes: I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.")
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. 