Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories. In addition he is a major correspondent for 60 Minutes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth3 June 1967
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I have always been very open and honest about this part of my life with my friends, my family, and my colleagues. In a perfect world, I don't think it's anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted. I’m not an activist, but I am a human being and I don't give that up by being a journalist.
Our skin is very thin. It doesn't take much for us to jump off a ledge or to kill one another. It can happen very, very quickly.
Don't fall in love with a bonobo, because it's gonna die.
Did you know that according to legend, the guy who became Buddha decided to seek enlightenment the day he got a touch of gray? "Gray hairs," the would-be Buddha said, "are like angels sent by the god of death".
When I was younger, I talked to the adults around me that I respected most about how they got where they were, and none of them plotted a course they could have predicted, so it seemed a waste of time to plan too long-term. Since then, I've always gone on my instincts.
The farther you go...the harder it is to return. The world has many edges and it's easy to fall off.
A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.
Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock.
As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter.
I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it.
Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.
I think there are a lot of celebrities who put on a performance on camera.
That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it.
I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb.