Chris Cooper Quotes & Sayings

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them. — Chris Cooper

The inhibition of an inhibitor leads to the activation of an inhibitor of an inhibitory pathway. This is the point where most people might be tempted to give up on biochemistry! — Chris Cooper

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. — Chris Cooper

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. — Chris Cooper

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little. — Chris Cooper

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. — Chris Cooper

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. — Chris Cooper

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone. — Chris Cooper

I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it. — Chris Cooper

I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'. — Chris Cooper

Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left. — Chris Cooper

I'm thrilled with my body of work. — Chris Cooper

But my absolute favorite part of it is after I finish, so I can wait there to encourage people to keep pushing to the end. By the time I'm finished all the fast people are already passed, so it's good to be able to cheer on those who really need that encouragement to finish. It's a great feeling when you acknowledge someone and they just brighten up and pick up their pace. That cheering at the end makes such a difference for the runners, you see it in the smiles on everybody's face. I love to be a part of that. It's just a tremendously inspiring race. — Chris Cooper

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

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination. — Chris Cooper

I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next. — Chris Cooper

You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same ... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and those personalities change from day to day. They can have their grumpy days and their happy days and their serene days. But it's unpredictable. You can't be off in outer space when you're dealing with animals. — Chris Cooper

It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it. — Chris Cooper