Bradley Cooper: A Soulful Star Is Born

Oprah's Super Soul

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4.6 • 33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Grammy-, Golden Globe-, Tony- and Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper discusses how he has emerged as a visionary filmmaker. His first try at directing a film became the box office smash “A Star Is Born,” which has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and earned more than $400 million at the box office. Over a four-year period, Bradley wrote, produced, directed, starred in and even wrote music for “A Star Is Born.” “The fact that I had an opportunity to co-write and direct a movie and see it from an idea in my head, or a feeling--an inspiration in my soul--to showing you this story, are you kidding me?” Bradley says. “That's, like, ‘Praise God.’” He shares why he believes he connected on a deeper level with his co-star Lady Gaga and explains why it was important for him to redefine masculinity, portraying men as vulnerable. Bradley also talks about why he believes he’s still connected to his late father, Charles, and how his death forever altered his life.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey. Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast. I believe that one of
0:07.5	the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:16.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected to the deeper world around us starts right
0:23.0	now.
0:24.0	Hello, Bradley Cooper. Thank you for being here and sitting in the audience's whole time
0:36.0	watching everybody else.
0:37.0	And I just want to, I'm just going to speak for all of us. Can you hear me?
0:41.0	Okay. What a privilege it is for all of us to be here watching you do what you do so well.
0:47.0	For you to have this day here and have all these incredible people, for me to bear witness
0:53.6	in all of us. Thank you.
0:54.9	Oh, Bradley Cooper. Thank you. So I know you're with the Oscar nominee luncheon yesterday.
1:01.2	Yeah.
1:02.2	You've been several times. I will tell you the first time. Well, yes, the first time
1:06.9	I was ever there, I was nominated for a color purple and Jean Sisko, remember Jean Sisko?
1:11.1	Of course.
1:12.1	Jean Sisko, famous movie critic, while Sisko and Ibert said to me, you're not going to win.
1:18.6	You're not going to win the Academy Award. So go to that luncheon, enjoy it. And if I were
1:22.9	you, I'd take the bun and bronze it. And that will be your thing. So I actually did at
1:27.7	the end of the lunch, I took the roll. I put it in an African, I put it in my purse, I
1:32.1	bronzed it. That bronze biscuit roll is now at the Smithsonian.
1:37.4	Wow. You showed them.
1:40.6	Oh, so good. I didn't get the Oscar, but I got my bun. Okay. So tell us about that experience.
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