Chris Cooper Quotes
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.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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It's important to learn and not repeat the same mistakes. What's done is done.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Workplaces still operate like it's 1962 and one person is always at home, and they are not very good at adjusting for the fact that a majority of women work and take care of children.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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I have no doubt that Brian May would have had a brilliant career in science had he completed his Ph.D. in 1971.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
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My forte is awkwardness.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.
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The lyrics are the essential part in our songs.
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Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.
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My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I don't have to do anything I don't want to.
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It's always very special for me to work Chicago. Both of the record companies I was with, early on, were based in Chicago. The music was always huge there.
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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.
