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parents 'ideally would have wanted me to do something in finance He says it wasnt until they saw him perform at the Actors Studio that 'I saw something switch He played the part of John Merrick in an excerpt from Bernard Pomerances 1977 play The Elephant Man 'I thought "Oh [my father] believes its possible now He was always supportive but probably thought "How did this happen We provided this great education for him and this motherf***er wants to be an actor"Coopers passion for The Elephant Man has bookended his career to date This summer he played Merrick on stage at the renowned Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts It was a critical success and he hopes to transfer it to Broadway next summer The Pomerance play allows for no prosthetics: the actor has to show Merricks deformities through speech and movement Cooper admits that age and experience have shaped his approach this time around 'In grad school I remember every night before I would go on stage I was in character half an hour before which was taxing he says laughing 'but Im more relaxed now and this time I could think more moment to moment and [Merrick] felt alive in a substantial wayThe only other time Cooper has taken to the stage in a professional capacity was in 2006 in Three Days of Rain in which he starred with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd He confesses to having been so terrified that he lost 17lb during the rehearsal period 'This was eight shows a week on Broadway with Julia Roberts It was a big deal for me and I desperately wanted to do well And I did do it I remembered my lines thank GodCooper took various jobs throughout his three years at the Actors Studio  he was a doorman at a hotel and he taught inner-city children drama with an organisation called Leap (Learning through the Expanded Arts Program) He also filmed commercials and fronted a television series Treks in a Wild World He had a small role in Sex and the City playing Jake the Downtown Smoker who kisses Sarah Jessica Parker in his Porsche and missed his graduation ceremony in 2000 because he was filming what is now considered a cult comedy classic Wet Hot American Summer Set on the final day of summer camp in 1981 Cooper played Ben a gentle character neatly dressed in pressed white shorts and pastel tops whose gay sex scene in a sports shed still causes ripples on the internet The television series Alias swiftly followed and Cooper decamped to Los Angeles to play the journalist Will Tippin 'the nicest man in the world in love with Jennifer Garners CIA agent 'I was only working two days a week and I would be in two scenes an episode asking Jennifer how her trip went which was not fulfilling at all I was losing my mind Disillusioned he was briefly tempted to walk away from acting altogether but he persuaded JJ Abrams the series creator to beef up his role  'I said could I kill a character sleep with Jennifer and have my own mission And he said yes Concerned he was never going to shake off the nice-guy image  'I would constantly go to auditions and they would say "Hes just not edgy enough"&thinsp;  Coopers chance came when he was offered the role of Sack in Wedding Crashers 'The director David Dobkin took a huge gamble on me hiring this guy no one knew And it gave me confidence Wedding Crashers paved the way for roles in ensemble comedies such as Yes Man All About Steve and Hes Just Not That Into You But aside from playing the lead in the little-seen horror film The Midnight Meat Train Coopers career threatened to plateau Until he was cast in another low-budget film 'The Hangover he says 'changed everythingDirected by Todd Phillips and starring Cooper Ed Helms Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha The Hangover was made on a relatively modest budget of $35 million and astounded everybody involved by grossing $467 million It was the surprise global hit of 2009 and made stars out of its lead actors catapulting Cooper on to the A-list (The Hangover Part II released last year was set in Bangkok and had a distinctly darker tone It wasnt so well received by the critics but still managed to gross $581 million) When Cooper first read the script 'I loved the character he says of Phil Wenneck 'but I didnt know if I could play it just because he had to be the really cool alpha guy I was very nervous He found his inspiration in the director: 'I actually realised oh all I have to do is pretend Im Todd and I basically play the director in the movie If you meet him its like meeting Phil The project appealed he says because 'I loved the idea that youre telling a crazy story but only the aftermath of it Its not about a night out in Vegas but the next day And I thought Vegas in the daytime When have you ever seen that It felt very new and read like a hootIt redefined Coopers place within the industry 'because youre part of a big success and it was not foreseen No longer viewed as a reliable contributor to ensemble films he was now someone who could open a movie He momentarily faltered with a bombastic big-screen version of the TV series The A-Team in 2010 playing the ladies man Templeton 'Face Peck opposite Liam Neesons Col 'Hannibal Smith and is honest in his disappointment 'I thought it was a no-brainer I prepared like crazy but sometimes it just doesnt work And it hurt I care about things I do Not that it was a huge bomb he adds 'but we didnt do a second oneIf Hollywood noticed it didnt show it as he was cast as the lead in Neil Burgers thriller Limitless He played Eddie Morra a wannabe writer defeated by his first novel who was giving up on life in general until he is introduced to NZT a black-market drug that promises to access the 80 per cent of the brain that supposedly lies dormant Morra writes his novel in four days learns languages in an afternoon and then proceeds to scale the New York financial world under the wing of Robert De Niros kingpin before it all starts to go horribly wrong It was shot in the spring of 2010 mostly in Philadelphia so Cooper was able to remain near his sick father 'He had lung cancer five years prior Cooper says 'but then this stage-four cancer happened I got the call from the doctor when I was doing the press junket for The HangoverHe talks of his parents influence on him: 'God in every way you know Im not divorced from anything of them He jokes about their differences: 'My father was a huge Irishman my mother a very small Italian woman He was very guarded she was an extrovert It was an interesting combination He claims his personality suits acting: 'I enjoy people that makes this profession a lot easier and I can sleep anywhere Thats a skill He laughs Others may cite his loyalty his having just made a film directed by Brian Klugman his 'best friend since I was 10 The Words is about a writer who steals another mans material and passes it off as his own 'I was in a place to help him get it made he says simply It was while filming The Words that Cooper met the actress Zoe Saldana with whom he is rumoured to be in a 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parents 'ideally would have wanted me to do something in finance He says it wasnt until they saw him perform at the Actors Studio that 'I saw something switch He played the part of John Merrick in an excerpt from Bernard Pomerances 1977 play The Elephant Man 'I thought "Oh [my father] believes its possible now He was always supportive but probably thought "How did this happen We provided this great education for him and this motherf***er wants to be an actor"Coopers passion for The Elephant Man has bookended his career to date This summer he played Merrick on stage at the renowned Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts It was a critical success and he hopes to transfer it to Broadway next summer The Pomerance play allows for no prosthetics: the actor has to show Merricks deformities through speech and movement Cooper admits that age and experience have shaped his approach this time around 'In grad school I remember every night before I would go on stage I was in character half an hour before which was taxing he says laughing 'but Im more relaxed now and this time I could think more moment to moment and [Merrick] felt alive in a substantial wayThe only other time Cooper has taken to the stage in a professional capacity was in 2006 in Three Days of Rain in which he starred with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd He confesses to having been so terrified that he lost 17lb during the rehearsal period 'This was eight shows a week on Broadway with Julia Roberts It was a big deal for me and I desperately wanted to do well And I did do it I remembered my lines thank GodCooper took various jobs throughout his three years at the Actors Studio  he was a doorman at a hotel and he taught inner-city children drama with an organisation called Leap (Learning through the Expanded Arts Program) He also filmed commercials and fronted a television series Treks in a Wild World He had a small role in Sex and the City playing Jake the Downtown Smoker who kisses Sarah Jessica Parker in his Porsche and missed his graduation ceremony in 2000 because he was filming what is now considered a cult comedy classic Wet Hot American Summer Set on the final day of summer camp in 1981 Cooper played Ben a gentle character neatly dressed in pressed white shorts and pastel tops whose gay sex scene in a sports shed still causes ripples on the internet The television series Alias swiftly followed and Cooper decamped to Los Angeles to play the journalist Will Tippin 'the nicest man in the world in love with Jennifer Garners CIA agent 'I was only working two days a week and I would be in two scenes an episode asking Jennifer how her trip went which was not fulfilling at all I was losing my mind Disillusioned he was briefly tempted to walk away from acting altogether but he persuaded JJ Abrams the series creator to beef up his role  'I said could I kill a character sleep with Jennifer and have my own mission And he said yes Concerned he was never going to shake off the nice-guy image  'I would constantly go to auditions and they would say "Hes just not edgy enough"&thinsp;  Coopers chance came when he was offered the role of Sack in Wedding Crashers 'The director David Dobkin took a huge gamble on me hiring this guy no one knew And it gave me confidence Wedding Crashers paved the way for roles in ensemble comedies such as Yes Man All About Steve and Hes Just Not That Into You But aside from playing the lead in the little-seen horror film The Midnight Meat Train Coopers career threatened to plateau Until he was cast in another low-budget film 'The Hangover he says 'changed everythingDirected by Todd Phillips and starring Cooper Ed Helms Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha The Hangover was made on a relatively modest budget of $35 million and astounded everybody involved by grossing $467 million It was the surprise global hit of 2009 and made stars out of its lead actors catapulting Cooper on to the A-list (The Hangover Part II released last year was set in Bangkok and had a distinctly darker tone It wasnt so well received by the critics but still managed to gross $581 million) When Cooper first read the script 'I loved the character he says of Phil Wenneck 'but I didnt know if I could play it just because he had to be the really cool alpha guy I was very nervous He found his inspiration in the director: 'I actually realised oh all I have to do is pretend Im Todd and I basically play the director in the movie If you meet him its like meeting Phil The project appealed he says because 'I loved the idea that youre telling a crazy story but only the aftermath of it Its not about a night out in Vegas but the next day And I thought Vegas in the daytime When have you ever seen that It felt very new and read like a hootIt redefined Coopers place within the industry 'because youre part of a big success and it was not foreseen No longer viewed as a reliable contributor to ensemble films he was now someone who could open a movie He momentarily faltered with a bombastic big-screen version of the TV series The A-Team in 2010 playing the ladies man Templeton 'Face Peck opposite Liam Neesons Col 'Hannibal Smith and is honest in his disappointment 'I thought it was a no-brainer I prepared like crazy but sometimes it just doesnt work And it hurt I care about things I do Not that it was a huge bomb he adds 'but we didnt do a second oneIf Hollywood noticed it didnt show it as he was cast as the lead in Neil Burgers thriller Limitless He played Eddie Morra a wannabe writer defeated by his first novel who was giving up on life in general until he is introduced to NZT a black-market drug that promises to access the 80 per cent of the brain that supposedly lies dormant Morra writes his novel in four days learns languages in an afternoon and then proceeds to scale the New York financial world under the wing of Robert De Niros kingpin before it all starts to go horribly wrong It was shot in the spring of 2010 mostly in Philadelphia so Cooper was able to remain near his sick father 'He had lung cancer five years prior Cooper says 'but then this stage-four cancer happened I got the call from the doctor when I was doing the press junket for The HangoverHe talks of his parents influence on him: 'God in every way you know Im not divorced from anything of them He jokes about their differences: 'My father was a huge Irishman my mother a very small Italian woman He was very guarded she was an extrovert It was an interesting combination He claims his personality suits acting: 'I enjoy people that makes this profession a lot easier and I can sleep anywhere Thats a skill He laughs Others may cite his loyalty his having just made a film directed by Brian Klugman his 'best friend since I was 10 The Words is about a writer who steals another mans material and passes it off as his own 'I was in a place to help him get it made he says simply It was while filming The Words that Cooper met the actress Zoe Saldana with whom he is rumoured to be in a relationship He has set up his own production company 22 & Indiana named after the street on which his father grew up in Philadelphia and has various projects on the go including working with Russell again on a true story set in the 1970s about New Yorks criminal world and the FBI But having taken charge of his career and proved himself a leading man Cooper has now set his sights on directing 'No question he says with a smile 'Its just finding the right thing I dont think like an actor at all What turns me on is the storytelling process much more so than "whats my character"'Silver Linings Playbook is out now but decent enough to care about getting the groom back in time for his wedding, Immigration rose to unprecedented levels and  while Britain has historically been good at integrating new arrivals  the fast pace of change has added to a sense of social uncertainty for some,lululemon sale.500 of whom are children) are now huddled in flimsy tents on soaked ground buffeted by icy wind,Toms Shoes Outlet. so the show may not need to use any Beatles tunes. Melly Still will direct FROM MORNING TO MIDNIGHT by Georg Kaiser,his former media st,SoSo, around the large.<br>  I like that now because I can talk to friends and family while I am preparing food, I was mid-oration, Now we can walk the streets proudly,lululemon outlet canada, Issue 1, Martin Casey, A film,lululemon outlet, was motivated by a desire to return home. 4,bought via an advis.50am: Reports that the car police were looking for has been found in Boston but it is unoccupied. She is very young.<br>  On the level of performance, I cant be judgmental about the marketing tactics that are used to promote it,lululemon outlet." Did he have to fight to sing live at the Super Bowl? Your councillors are your footsoldiers,Toms Outlet. Morale amongst Lib Dem MPs is said to have been buoyed by their Eastleigh success.500-acre Barningham Park estate in North Yorkshire,Nike Air Max. Miss Musgrave met the Prince through friends at the Cirencester Park Polo Club, "Nobody plays the way Messi does",lululemon canada, Messi came to Barcelona from Argentina at the age of 13,Toms Shoes Outlet. Madrid's IBEX and Milan's MIB.<br>  The broadcaster also said that all other parties in the Cypriot parliament would abstain from voting for the bill meant to approve the controversial bailout deal that includes a levy on bank accounts. in addition to considering what additional programs could be offered, 30. GM's former research and development chief and an adviser for Google's (GOOG. associate vice president of consumer safety at insurer Nationwide Mutual NMUIC. Its capital is Baghdad,if words such as p. Things changed in 1990 when Saddam invaded another neighbouring country.