Gary Cooper was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated screen performances. He won two Academy Awards for Best Actor, for his roles in Sergeant York (1941) and High Noon (1952). He was also nominated for roles in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). Following is our collection on famous quotes by Gary Cooper on life, love, education.
In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl. — Gary Cooper
This is a terrible place to spend your life in. Nobody in Hollywood is normal. Absolutely nobody. And they have such a vicious attitude toward one another. They say much worse things about each other than outsiders say about them, and nobody has any real friends. — Gary Cooper
People ask me how come you've been around so long. Well, it's through playing the part of Mr Average Joe American. — Gary Cooper
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
I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper. — Gary Cooper
It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it is now. That’s why I find Hollywood newer and more exciting every day. Whatever you hear it’s still a place where a kid from Montana can jump on a horse, ride that-a-way, and keep right on going. — Gary Cooper
Having to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies. — Gary Cooper
People all say that I've had a bad break. But today... today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. — Gary Cooper
One man who saw through his own eyes and thought with his own brain. Such men may be rare, they may be unknown, but they move the world. — Gary Cooper
Until I came along all the leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door. — Gary Cooper
The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community. — Gary Cooper
There ain't never a horse that never been rode; there ain't never a rider that can't be thrown. — Gary Cooper
One nice thing about silence is that it can't be repeated. — Gary Cooper
No mistake, I shall regret the absence of your keen mind; unfortunately, it is inseparable from an extremely disturbing body. — Gary Cooper
Life Lessons by Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper's career shows that hard work and dedication can pay off, as he rose from a small-town Montana background to become one of the most beloved and successful actors of his time.
Cooper's films also demonstrate the power of collaboration, as he worked with some of the most iconic directors and actors of the 20th century.
His work also serves as an example of how to stay true to one's values and beliefs, even in the face of adversity.
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