64 Quotes by Dominic Cooper

It's a good feeling to come away from a day's work feeling like you've achieved something. Tired brain is good.

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.

Grief jumps out at you when you're least expecting it.

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.

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

There's only so much you can do of trying, finding yourself very close to getting a part and then not getting it.

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.

I don't think there's ever a point when you turn to yourself and go, 'Yes, I've made a success of this career path.' You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better.