Dominic Cooper

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

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.

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.

I like being in focus, in the moment, changing and adapting and creating and advancing a scene.

I don't see myself as being a heart-throb at all.

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

There is nothing I hate more than meeting someone who has forgotten the art of conversing.

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

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

Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.

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