Bradley Cooper claims wants to direct a Hyperion movie so bad, he'll retire to do it

Dude is really jonesing for it. For those who don't know what I'm squawking about, Hyperion is a science fiction novel by Dan Simmons; the first book in the Hyperion Cantos. It is one of the great works of scifi, if you ask nerds and geeks.

My take on is if he thinks he's got the talent to make it and there's nobody else who could do the job, then sure, why not? The whole "willing to retire from acting" thing is a nice touch and certainly the media loves to eat that stuff up, but it has no real bearing on him getting the job.

h/t Blastr.