“The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.”
Cool is one of those qualities that disappears the moment you try too hard to have it. These quotes explore style, composure, confidence, and the effortless quality that makes certain people magnetic. Some are serious, some are funny, all are worth a second read.
“I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).”
“The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.”
“I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.”
“I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.”
“I'm a comic book artist. So I think to myself, what do I like to draw? I like to draw hot chicks, fast cars and cool guys in trench coats. So that's what I write about.”
“I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.”
“Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.”
“It's cool just because I've had this dream of changing the sport of swimming and it's finally happening.”
“I once sang 'Summer Nights,' from 'Grease,' at a bar in Melbourne with John Travolta, who's a good friend of mine. He looked cool singing the part of Danny - sitting in an armchair, smoking a cigar - while I got stuck playing Sandy.”
“I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope.”
“I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.”
“If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too.”
“I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in perspective.”
“It's cool now to play golf.”
“In high school I was an outcast... I wasn't cool to hang out with. I ate my lunch in a bathroom stall because that was the one place I could go where I wouldn't been seen.”
“Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'”