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Cool Quotes

Cool means whatever you decide it means.

This set pushes back against borrowed definitions of cool, arguing instead for setting your own standard rather than following magazines or TV. It also touches on how simple it's become to jump into a new scene. Related reading in Chill Quotes.

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

Quotes by Alfie Allen

In the old days, a TV sync was perceived as not so cool or whittling away at your indie cred. Now it's seen as much more of an opportunity than a sellout, as a way to find fans who wouldn't...

Quotes by Alexandra Patsavas

While MIT and the University of Chicago duke it out for the title of nerdiest school, James Franco and Renee Zellweger show up at Harvard to party. Somehow, miracle of miracles, Harvard is 'cool.'

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

Yale students want to impress you with what they're doing. Harvard students want to impress you with how cool they look while doing it.

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started.

Quotes by Alexander Wang

I had this almost secret life of going to 'Star Wars' conventions because,' when I was younger, Star Wars' had phased into the uncool part of its life and had yet to become cool again for everybody else.

Quotes by Alexandra Bracken

My mom used to model when she was younger, before she went to law school, and I think she thought it was pretty cool. I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a...

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

When I was 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, I had so many people I looked up to and was so inspired by all these different people. It's cool to be in that position.

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

There is nothing better than a really cool mystery: you don't know what's going to happen, so you keep turning those pages or watching that series.

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

You remember where you were doing each scene. 'Oh my God, it was so hot that day.' It's kind of cool to see a movie that you haven't seen in a long time and reflect on that stuff.

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

I always wanted to be a blonde, and it was really cool to do that for a while.

Quotes by Alexandra Daddario

It's now possible to play and take lessons from any place of the world. The concept of physical distance doesn't exist in the online world, and that is so cool!

Quotes by Alexandra Kosteniuk

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

Quotes by Alexander Lowen

When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and my agent sent me out. It was just a commercial for 'Harry Potter.' That was the first thing I...

Quotes by Alexander Ludwig

Everyone in Hollywood wanted a role in this movie. Everyone wanted to have a part in it. I feel so lucky that I got one, but what I find so cool about 'Hunger Games' is that the real star is...

Quotes by Alexander Ludwig

Fifty is a pretty cool number.

Quotes by Alexander Ovechkin

A thousand games for one organization, it's pretty cool, and I'm going to be the first guy to do it in Washington.

Quotes by Alexander Ovechkin

Like I said about Freaked, people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it's burnt into the fabric...

Quotes by Alex Winter

There's no one more supportive of each other than me and Nat. We go to each other's premieres and say, 'My brother's the best,' and, 'I liked my brother before it was cool.'

Quotes by Alex Wolff

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different ideas about 'cool' appear in these quotes?
They range from defining cool for yourself rather than following others, to calling something pretty cool, to appreciating the low barrier to entry in enthusiast press, to comparing Hollywood's social labels to a high-school caste system.
Is there a quote about defining 'cool' for yourself?
Yes. One quote says their definition of cool is "finding your own definition of cool and not necessarily taking your lead from what other people tell you." For more on this idea, see Cool People quotes.
Is there a quote calling something 'pretty cool'?
Yes - one speaker simply says, "Monster Hearts is pretty cool!" For more short, enthusiastic quotes, browse Chill quotes.
Is there a quote about enthusiast press?
Yes. One quote calls the low barrier to entry "A cool thing about enthusiast press," noting that anyone can decide to start publishing immediately. For more on this theme, see Cooler quotes.
Is there a quote comparing Hollywood to a high school caste system?
Yes - one quote describes Hollywood as "like a really sad, grown up version of high school" where people get labeled cool, not cool, jock, bombshell, or quirky, comparing it to "a caste system." For more on social status, see Status quotes.

Another quote compares Hollywood to a rigid high school caste system, sorting people into labels whether they fit or not. Continue with Cool People Quotes or Cooler Quotes.