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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Dec 11, 2006 20:55:44 GMT -5
"Until I came along all the leading men were handsome, but lickily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door."
"If you hit the mark with two out of every five movies you'll keep the wheels of the cycle turning."
"To get folks to like you, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a hadnsome knight riding a white horse, but a fellow who answered the description of a right guy."
"People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr. Average Joe American."
1931: "I haven't read a half a dozen books in my life."
February, 1942, accepting his Acadamy Award: "It was Sergeant Alvin York who won this award. Shucks, I've been in the business sixteen years and sometimes dreamed I might get one of these things. That's all I can say....Funny when I was dreaming I always made a good speech."
On his last phone call to his friend Ernest Hemingway: "Bet you I can beat you to the barn, Papa."
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:55:59 GMT -5
"I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy." --- Gary Cooper
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:56:15 GMT -5
"Nan (Collins, a studio casting director) came from Gary, Indiana, and suggested I adopt that name. She felt it was more exciting than Frank. I figured I'd give it a try. Good thing she didn't come from Poughkeepsie." --- Gary Cooper
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:57:06 GMT -5
"The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community." --- Gary Cooper
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:57:29 GMT -5
"If you want to call me that, smile." --- A frequently misquoted Gary Cooper to Walter Huston in The Virginian (1929)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:57:50 GMT -5
"I liked the role because...I was portraying a good, sound American character." --- Cooper on his role in Sergeant York (1941)
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