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 CooperHaving to work hard never had any real appeal for me, and that may have some connection with me being in the movies.
Gary CooperUntil I came along all the leading men were handsome, but luckily they wrote a lot of stories about the fellow next door.
Gary CooperIt’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