Chris Cooper Quotes

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don’t think I’m capable of that.

I don’t want to go bald, I don’t know what’s coming up next.

I’ve got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

You don’t throw away a whole life just because it’s banged up a little.

I’m thrilled with my body of work.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you’re playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

It’s not the size of the hard drive that counts, it’s how you download it.

As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I’m interested I’ll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision

As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I’m interested I’ll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision.

Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left

At my age, I dare say I’ve kind of established myself, and I don’t have to chase a paycheck.

Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left.

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on.

You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.