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Bradley Cooper covers the May issue of Details magazine where he opens up about his mother and living with her since his father Charles, passed away after a long battle with cancer in January 2011.

"Let's face it: It's probably not easy for her, by the way, to be living with her son. It's life. And right now, two years after my father's death, this is where we are."

"My family is very close, and my dad dying was brutal for all of us. It was a schism, and its aftershock has not stopped. And we need each other. So here we are but don't get me wrong. It's not without complications. It's not like I live in a compound and she's in the guesthouse. No. She's in the next room. But here's the thing: She's a cool chick. We can hang, and she can roll with the punches. If that wasn't the case, there's no way."

And on becoming a dad himself someday:

"I really hope I have that experience in my life. I saw how much joy fatherhood gave my own dad. So I hope it's part of my journey. You go through stages in your life, and fatherhood seems like a natural stage."

And on life?

"I was like, 'Okay. This is death. And this is going to happen to me one day.' There was a huge freedom that came with that. I just don't sweat the sh-t. The small stuff. My mind is just less busy now," he said.

"I used to think, 'Oh, my God. I don't want to make anyone not like me. I don't want to ruffle any feathers.' Now it's like, 'I'm just going to be myself and trust that. And I'm enjoying life more."

His next project is another David O'Russell film titled, American Hustle.

Read the whole interview after the jump.

[Details]

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Bradley Cooper doesn't care of the fact that he didn't win an Oscar this year - and he really doesn't care if he ever wins an Oscar according to an interview he did with British GQ.

“I don’t want to win an Oscar. It would change nothing. Nothing. The things in my life that aren’t fulfilled would not be fulfilled. Career-wise, right now, it’s better that I don’t win one. I don’t want to win. I don’t.”

His father passed away in 2011.

“I watched him dying and I was there by his bed watching him, breathing with him, and then I saw his last breath and he was gone.”

“I experienced the whole thing. And that was a watershed moment that I was privileged to experience. And it changed everything. Nothing has ever been the same since."

He continues, “You know William Blake’s ‘Songs Of Innocence’? Well, right there, in that moment, the innocence was gone. Done. Never to return. The beauty is that I just don’t sweat sh*t any more.”

"My father gave me two gifts – having me and dying with me. I used to be the kid that got the shakes if I had to talk in public; now, I just don’t get nervous about stuff. I can’t control everything.”

“I watched my father die and I realized that is the way we are all going to die. For me, it was a switch from knowing something intellectually to knowing it by tangibly experiencing it. It rewired my neurological system. It almost did the opposite of motivating me. It was about keeping the main thing the main thing,” offers Cooper.

Very deep stuff. Did the quotes move you?

[British GQ]

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Bradley Cooper covers the latest issue of The Hollywood Reporter in an interview where he talks about his struggles with drugs and alcohol.

The star, who's new movie The Words revealed that he has been sober for more than seven years claims he has insecurities.

“I was so concerned what you thought of me, how I was coming across, how I would survive the day. I always felt like an outsider. I just lived in my head.”

“I realized I wasn’t going to live up to my potential, and that scared the hell out of me. I thought, ‘Wow, I’m actually gonna ruin my life; I’m really gonna ruin it.’”

“I remember looking at my life, my apartment, my dogs, and I thought, ‘What’s happening?’” Cooper says.

Looks like life for Bradley has turned himself around and he's on top of the world right now!

Read the whole interview after the jump.

[THR]