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> [You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little grace or gallantry in commerce or politics and not much in art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/you-must-survive-with-grace-you-must-do-so-gallantly-how-archaic/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

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## More by Chris Cooper

> [I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-had-a-couple-come-in-with-a-negative-amortization-mortgage-on-a/)

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> [I'm thrilled with my body of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-m-thrilled-with-my-body-of-work/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [You must survive with grace. You must do so gallantly. How archaic these terms seem to us in our modern world. There is little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/you-must-survive-with-grace-you-must-do-so-gallantly-how-archaic/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [I've never been the guy who tried to line up three or four projects down the road. I like to find one piece that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-ve-never-been-the-guy-who-tried-to-line-up-three-or-four-projects/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-ve-got-research-i-have-my-own-life-experience-i-can-apply-and-i/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [I don't want to go bald, I don't know what's coming up next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-don-t-want-to-go-bald-i-don-t-know-what-s-coming-up-next/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/as-a-rule-it-usually-takes-three-or-four-readings-for-me-to-be/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/you-jot-down-ideas-memories-whatever-concerning-your-real-life-that/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [At my age, I dare say I've kind of established myself, and I don't have to chase a paycheck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/at-my-age-i-dare-say-i-ve-kind-of-established-myself-and-i-don-t-have/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [You look at a herd of cattle and well, they all look the same... but they know. They all have an individual personality, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/you-look-at-a-herd-of-cattle-and-well-they-all-look-the-same-but-they/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [“The inhibition of an inhibitor leads to the activation of an inhibitor of an inhibitory pathway. This is the point where most people might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/the-inhibition-of-an-inhibitor-leads-to-the-activation-of-an/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/i-like-a-very-dry-wit-not-the-big-kind-of-humor-like-robin-williams-i/)

[Chris Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cooper/)

> [It's not the size of the hard drive that counts, it's how you download it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/it-s-not-the-size-of-the-hard-drive-that-counts-it-s-how-you-download/)

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> [When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/when-i-feel-like-i-m-doing-my-best-work-there-is-a-bit-of-a-freedom-a/)

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> [Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cooper/well-all-i-can-say-is-thank-goodness-i-had-15-years-of-theater-before/)

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