Gary Cooper - The Greatest Listener In

I Don't Care Whether A Role Is 10 Minutes Long Or Two Hours. And I Don't Care Whether My Name Is Up There On Top, Either. Matter Of Fact, I'd Rather Have Someone Else Get Top Billing; Then If The Picture Bombs, He Gets The Blame, Not Me.

A Lot Of People Forget That Today. They Come To The Point Where You Walk On A Set And The First Thing You Know You're Looking At The Sound Man And You're Saying To Yourself, "how The Hell Can They Get Any Sound When Nobody Is Talking!" They Get All Mumbly. You Can't Make Out What They're Saying! And You're 6 Feet Away From Them! Whereas In The Old-time Movies, You Hear Them, You Understand Every Word They're Saying, And You Didn't Have To Put On Your Loudspeaker.

It Was My Mom Who Told Me, "ernie, If You Make Even One Person Happy With Your Smile Or A Funny Thing You Did Every Day, You'll Have Accomplished A Great Deal." And That's All I've Ever Tried To Do.

It's Not Your Word That Matters, It's Who You Give It Too.

Gary Cooper - The Greatest Listener In The World! And He Used To Answer In Kind, Which Is Wonderful Because You Don't See That Anymore. People Don't Listen. They Really Don't.