Dominic Cooper Quotes

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Dominic Cooper

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 2, 1978

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

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

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I feel very fortunate, always.

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Especially with comedy, you take massive risks because ultimately you're trying to be funny. If you're not funny, then it's really embarrassing and you look stupid.

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I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.

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For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at all on the stage or in film', so I feel I have to take all the opportunities I can.

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

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

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There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.

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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.

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In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons.

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You never know really what anyone thinks about you - that's why all my closest friends are ones I've had since my schooling days when I was 5. And I surround myself with people who I trust and who know me.

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

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