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.
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At school, I'd refuse to take part in biology lessons when animals were being dissected. One time, the teacher announced that we would be gassing worms. So I ran around the room, gathered up all the worms and set them free in the fields. I just loved animals and couldn't bear the thought of them suffering.
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On the Left, the best and brightest go into politics - Barack Obama is the epitome of the perfect leftist. On the Right, the best and brightest go make money. Very few conservatives want to endure all the nonsense you have to put up with to run for office.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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The administration is manufacturing a crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map.
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Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.
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I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.
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The ordinary man considers solids and liquids and the energy manifestations of the material world to be vastly different, but the yogi sees them as various vibrations of the one cosmic light.
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While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.
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My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
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You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
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First of all, I've been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn't write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums, and they were all very successful.
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Every actor has to love and loathe the character he plays.
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I took anatomy classes. I went to medical libraries and talked to doctors and nutritionists. I did the whole thing before using myself as a human guinea pig.
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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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How long did it take for a past to die?
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I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.
