Quotes from Dominic Cooper

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The truth is lots of films are made, the majority of which are terrible.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.