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.”

“One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.”

“Any son of a dictator, I'm sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“I think skilled salesmen have the ability to work out who you are and pick out aspects of your personality. They almost manipulate you, in a way, to make you buy their product.”

“You want to know if anyone's going to go see your film. You shouldn't worry about it or get hung up on it. So yea, you kind of monitor 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.”

“I have a very easy life, I can wander around.”

“You never know what the public is going to respond to or relate to.”

“To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.”

“People are earning their living as 'celebrities' without actually doing anything.”

“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.”

“I suppose there's an anger in all of us. Some hidden rage that you keep at bay.”

“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.”

“It's funny, I never think I'm doing that well. I've never, ever. I just constantly think, 'This isn't working out.'”