![<p><strong>“Yes, people saw love and guess what? That’s what we wanted you to see. [“Shallow”] is a love song, <em>A Star Is Born</em> is a love story. It was so important to both of us that we were connected the entire time… When you’re singing love songs, that’s what you want people to feel.”</strong></p>
<p>— Gaga on Cooper <a href="https://people.com/movies/lady-gaga-addresses-bradley-cooper-romance-rumors/">and their performance</a> of “Shallow” at the 2019 Oscars, on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</em></p>](https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/gaga-bradley-2.jpg?w=768)
“Yes, people saw love and guess what? That’s what we wanted you to see. [“Shallow”] is a love song, A Star Is Born is a love story. It was so important to both of us that we were connected the entire time… When you’re singing love songs, that’s what you want people to feel.”
— Gaga on Cooper and their performance of “Shallow” at the 2019 Oscars, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“Bradley is a musician. My favorite thing about the whole experience — I was so excited for everyone to see him sing live. In that moment when we started and he said ‘Tell me something, girl,’ the audience started cheering and I was like, ‘Yes Bradley! Keep going!’ ”
— Gaga on Cooper’s performance of “Shallow” at the Oscars, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“Bradley, there is not a single person on the planet that could have sung this song with me but you. Thank you for believing in us.”
— Gaga on Cooper during her 2019 Oscars acceptance speech for Best Original Song for “Shallow”
“I’m so f—ing proud of you!”
— Gaga to Cooper after their performance of “Shallow” at the 2019 Oscars
![<p><strong>“I’ll never forget playing it for Bradley [Cooper] for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”</strong></p>
<p>— Gaga on Cooper during her 2019<a href="https://people.com/music/grammys-2019-lady-gaga-third-grammy-mental-health-issues-speech/"> Grammy acceptance speech</a> for best pop/group performance for “Shallow”</p>](https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/lady-gaga-10.jpg?w=768)
“I’ll never forget playing it for Bradley [Cooper] for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”
— Gaga on Cooper during her 2019 Grammy acceptance speech for best pop/group performance for “Shallow”
“We had instant chemistry when I met him. As soon as I opened the door to my house and saw him, it was like, ‘You hungry?’ We’re both Italian and from the East Coast and before I knew it, I was heating up some leftovers for him and we were eating together.”
— Gaga on Cooper in an interview with Good Morning America
“Bradley, I love you.”
— Gaga on Cooper, while accepting the Golden Globe Award for best original song for “Shallow”
“At the end of the day, he knows that he’s the best director in my eyes, and in all of our eyes as his cast. I know that he’s so happy that we’ve all been nominated and that the film was recognized and we all feel really, really beyond elated for the recognition.”
— Gaga on Cooper’s Oscars Best Director nomination snub, to the Los Angeles TImes
“We are all so grateful Bradley loved ‘Shallow,’ sang his heart out live, and truly the song would not be revered as it is without the brilliant film and moment Bradley created and the way he directed the moment and collaborated with us on how it would eventually be given to the world. Thank you B, and thank you Warner Bros. Thank you HFPA, we are beyond grateful.”
— Gaga on Cooper, in an Instagram post the morning after the Golden Globes
“I’m just so glad God gave her the talent that she has and he chose her, because that’s quite a vessel to go through. Because it’s really what you do with it, and she’s such a beautiful human being.”
— Cooper on Gaga, on Good Morning America
“Our friendship is exactly what set the tone for this film. He’s such a wonderful person. He says it to me in the movie, he says, ‘All you gotta do is trust me.’ I trusted him the whole time. He pulled things out of me that I never thought that I even had.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
![<p><strong>“The only reason I had the courage [to sing] is because she made me feel so comfortable.”</strong></p>
<p>— Cooper on Gaga, <a href="https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-made-friend-for-life-lady-gaga-star-is-born/">to PEOPLE</a></p>](https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-6.jpg?w=768)
“The only reason I had the courage [to sing] is because she made me feel so comfortable.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
“I made a friend for life. As great as this movie was the thing that I think I’ll take away forever is the relationship I have with her because she is an incredible person. I’m very lucky to have worked with her.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
“He’s a wonderful person, but as a filmmaker, he is just spectacular, and also as a singer and songwriter. I couldn’t believe the voice that came out of him. As I watched him become a musician making this film, it was an honor.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“It was because I had that camaraderie onstage, I thought, ‘It’s gonna be okay.’ When she’s looking at me and believes I’m a musician, well, I must be a musician.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
![<p><strong>“I’ll never forget playing [‘Shallow’] for <a href="https://people.com/movies/bradley-cooper-irina-shayk-national-board-of-review-awards/">Bradley </a>for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”</strong></p>
<p>— Gaga on Cooper, <a href="https://people.com/movies/lady-gaga-wins-best-song-shallow-critics-choice-awards-2019/">accepting best song</a> at the Critics’ Choice Awards</p>](https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/bradley-cooper3.jpg?w=768)
“I’ll never forget playing [‘Shallow’] for Bradley for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”
— Gaga on Cooper, accepting best song at the Critics’ Choice Awards
“It just has changed me. Watching Bradley work was phenomenal and then having him believe in me — it gave me more ammunition to believe in myself and I just feel so blessed to have had that experience.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to Entertainment Weekly
“As soon as I saw his eyes, we had this instant connection. We’re both from the East Coast; we’re both Italian. Before I knew it I was heating up some leftover pasta for him. Then he wanted to sing together. I started to play and he started to sing, and I just stopped and looked over at him and said, ‘Oh, my gosh. You can sing!’ “
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“I love his voice, and I loved the way our voices sounded together, and, you know, we found love through music.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“I think the biggest thing I learned is that sky’s the limit if you find a companion artistically, and you have a project. There is no dreaming too big. What people can do together is so much more powerful than what they can do by themselves.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to Entertainment Weekly
![<p><strong>“My very first scene with Bradley, I was in my head. Something was going on. [After I said my line,] he said something back to me that wasn’t the line I thought was he was going to say, and I just said my same line again. Then he said something else, and I just said the same line again.</strong></p>
<p><strong>“I started crying, I couldn’t let it go … The scene happened as written, and it happened in a much more organic way. Bradley taught me how to be present, had to work really hard to be this character. She’s nothing like me.”</strong></p>
<p>— Gaga on Cooper, <a href="https://people.com/movies/golden-globes-2019-lady-gaga-cried-filming-first-scene-a-star-is-born/">to Ryan Seacrest</a> at the Golden Globes</p>](https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/a-star-is-born.jpg?w=768)
“My very first scene with Bradley, I was in my head. Something was going on. [After I said my line,] he said something back to me that wasn’t the line I thought was he was going to say, and I just said my same line again. Then he said something else, and I just said the same line again.
“I started crying, I couldn’t let it go … The scene happened as written, and it happened in a much more organic way. Bradley taught me how to be present, had to work really hard to be this character. She’s nothing like me.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to Ryan Seacrest at the Golden Globes
“Yes, people saw love and guess what? That’s what we wanted you to see. [“Shallow”] is a love song, A Star Is Born is a love story. It was so important to both of us that we were connected the entire time… When you’re singing love songs, that’s what you want people to feel.”
— Gaga on Cooper and their performance of “Shallow” at the 2019 Oscars, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“Bradley is a musician. My favorite thing about the whole experience — I was so excited for everyone to see him sing live. In that moment when we started and he said ‘Tell me something, girl,’ the audience started cheering and I was like, ‘Yes Bradley! Keep going!’ ”
— Gaga on Cooper’s performance of “Shallow” at the Oscars, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“Bradley, there is not a single person on the planet that could have sung this song with me but you. Thank you for believing in us.”
— Gaga on Cooper during her 2019 Oscars acceptance speech for Best Original Song for “Shallow”
“I’m so f—ing proud of you!”
— Gaga to Cooper after their performance of “Shallow” at the 2019 Oscars
“I’ll never forget playing it for Bradley [Cooper] for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”
— Gaga on Cooper during her 2019 Grammy acceptance speech for best pop/group performance for “Shallow”
“We had instant chemistry when I met him. As soon as I opened the door to my house and saw him, it was like, ‘You hungry?’ We’re both Italian and from the East Coast and before I knew it, I was heating up some leftovers for him and we were eating together.”
— Gaga on Cooper in an interview with Good Morning America
“Bradley, I love you.”
— Gaga on Cooper, while accepting the Golden Globe Award for best original song for “Shallow”
“At the end of the day, he knows that he’s the best director in my eyes, and in all of our eyes as his cast. I know that he’s so happy that we’ve all been nominated and that the film was recognized and we all feel really, really beyond elated for the recognition.”
— Gaga on Cooper’s Oscars Best Director nomination snub, to the Los Angeles TImes
“We are all so grateful Bradley loved ‘Shallow,’ sang his heart out live, and truly the song would not be revered as it is without the brilliant film and moment Bradley created and the way he directed the moment and collaborated with us on how it would eventually be given to the world. Thank you B, and thank you Warner Bros. Thank you HFPA, we are beyond grateful.”
— Gaga on Cooper, in an Instagram post the morning after the Golden Globes
“I’m just so glad God gave her the talent that she has and he chose her, because that’s quite a vessel to go through. Because it’s really what you do with it, and she’s such a beautiful human being.”
— Cooper on Gaga, on Good Morning America
“Our friendship is exactly what set the tone for this film. He’s such a wonderful person. He says it to me in the movie, he says, ‘All you gotta do is trust me.’ I trusted him the whole time. He pulled things out of me that I never thought that I even had.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“The only reason I had the courage [to sing] is because she made me feel so comfortable.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
“I made a friend for life. As great as this movie was the thing that I think I’ll take away forever is the relationship I have with her because she is an incredible person. I’m very lucky to have worked with her.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
“He’s a wonderful person, but as a filmmaker, he is just spectacular, and also as a singer and songwriter. I couldn’t believe the voice that came out of him. As I watched him become a musician making this film, it was an honor.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“It was because I had that camaraderie onstage, I thought, ‘It’s gonna be okay.’ When she’s looking at me and believes I’m a musician, well, I must be a musician.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
“I’ll never forget playing [‘Shallow’] for Bradley for the first time and seeing his face light up and then singing it live together, take after take. I was mesmerized both as myself and as my character Ally. I was basking in the brilliant transformation of Bradley into Jackson Maine, singing on his stage, and overwhelmed by the storytelling and power in his voice.”
— Gaga on Cooper, accepting best song at the Critics’ Choice Awards
“It just has changed me. Watching Bradley work was phenomenal and then having him believe in me — it gave me more ammunition to believe in myself and I just feel so blessed to have had that experience.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to Entertainment Weekly
“As soon as I saw his eyes, we had this instant connection. We’re both from the East Coast; we’re both Italian. Before I knew it I was heating up some leftover pasta for him. Then he wanted to sing together. I started to play and he started to sing, and I just stopped and looked over at him and said, ‘Oh, my gosh. You can sing!’ “
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“I love his voice, and I loved the way our voices sounded together, and, you know, we found love through music.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE
“I think the biggest thing I learned is that sky’s the limit if you find a companion artistically, and you have a project. There is no dreaming too big. What people can do together is so much more powerful than what they can do by themselves.”
— Cooper on Gaga, to Entertainment Weekly
“My very first scene with Bradley, I was in my head. Something was going on. [After I said my line,] he said something back to me that wasn’t the line I thought was he was going to say, and I just said my same line again. Then he said something else, and I just said the same line again.
“I started crying, I couldn’t let it go … The scene happened as written, and it happened in a much more organic way. Bradley taught me how to be present, had to work really hard to be this character. She’s nothing like me.”
— Gaga on Cooper, to Ryan Seacrest at the Golden Globes