Zitat des Tages von Dominic Cooper:
Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.
For the three years I was in school training to be an actor, I was told, 'It's very unlikely you'll work at all on the stage or in film', so I feel I have to take all the opportunities I can.
You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.
You never know really what anyone thinks about you - that's why all my closest friends are ones I've had since my schooling days when I was 5. And I surround myself with people who I trust and who know me.
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.
In whatever work environment, whether we admit it or not, there is always a little part of us that has been or will be tempted by a lifestyle for the wrong reasons.
The people in Iraq lived essentially good lives. They had brilliant health and education systems. Saddam actually created an incredible infrastructure in a very difficult country, but they were a Mafia family. If you said anything against that regime or that family you would be killed instantly.
Yes, I want children and I can't wait to have that closeness with someone - to bring someone into the world. But, I really don't know when.
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 don't see myself as being a heart-throb at all.
It's a good feeling to come away from a day's work feeling like you've achieved something. Tired brain is good.
One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.
It's funny, I never think I'm doing that well. I've never, ever. I just constantly think, 'This isn't working out.'
Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.
I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.
I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.
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.
There are probably only a certain number of people who can understand or tolerate how long a job will take and what demands it puts on you. And why should they? It breeds a strange kind of selfishness immersing yourself in a character for so long.