Dominic Cooper Quotes

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

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

I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.

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

I look like a turnip with hair in the morning!

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.

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

I remember, as a young man, wanting to experience a car going at those speeds and being visually nourished by something which I loved so much. And I wanted to race fast cars and have a good time.

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

Sometimes the roles you're being offered, leads in films aren't good enough. Actually it's you're better going and doing a radio play or a decent TV.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I had a really creative teacher at primary school. He used to get us doing things such as singing Spandau Ballet in drag in the choir, and I remember loving it.

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

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