The stars’ bond has been on full display during their A Star Is Born press tour.
— 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

— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
— Gaga on Cooper, to PEOPLE

— Cooper on Gaga, to PEOPLE
— 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

— 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
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.