Bradley Cooper Quotes

I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

The movies and the parts I'm being offered are becoming better and better.

I've definitely been typecast, but I have time to do other things and I was glad to have the chances I did.

I must say I have turned down several great companies, so I'd probably say I have to keep learning.

I want to take on more diverse roles, and I keep building, and I hope to one day write or direct something. But I just want to keep developing as a person, and that will hopefully take my acting to the next level.

I am conscious about not getting typecast, but obviously I have to keep picking up great roles so that I don't get typecast.

I have friends who say, 'I don't want to do period now because I have done a period piece and I need to wait for two years' - I don't have that.

Working is the best way to understand and grow, as an actor, in my opinion. That's been my experience.

I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.

I'm not sure I'll find acting satisfying creatively forever. If you get the good roles, it's great - if you have the freedom to choose your projects and not just do anything and everything.

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

My career seems to have worked out OK, especially since I turned 40. I've always had a character part, mind you - I've never played the princess. But if you're used to doing that, it must be soul-destroying to hit 40 and suddenly find there's nothing for you to do.

I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

I have very young looks, so it's easy for me to play high school, but I'm trying to stay away from high-school movies. As I get older, I'll try and broaden my talents.

I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

I've always thought of myself as more of a character actress. I've tried to do different things, but I've always been under the radar and that's how I like it. I've been really blessed to work this long and I just hope I continue to get better and better and better and better.

I don't care about the money. I just need, as an actor, to do as many different things that I can to make me feel good about myself.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

I do think you are mainly thrown into one medium as an actor, and then hopefully you grow from there.

I got the first job and kept going. Once I got a job, I very much wanted to keep getting jobs, basically. I did try to learn what I could in those first couple of decades.

You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor.

As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and the thing is, even within the horror genre, I now get to play all kinds of different roles.