Jackie Cooper quotes

Jackie Cooper was an American actor, director, and producer who became famous as a child star in the 1930s. His performances in films like "Skippy" earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination at a young age. He later enjoyed a successful career in both television and film as an adult. Here are 18 of his quotes:

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was. (Jackie Cooper)
So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work? View quote
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If it's boring, then it's tiring. View quote
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They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph. View quote
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A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it. View quote
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There was only so much television you could do. View quote
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means. View quote
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There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist. View quote
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To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended. View quote
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked. View quote
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I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which is limited to a kind of mediocrity that sponsors are just dying to have right now, and the public, for some reason, is unconsciously demanding. (Jackie Cooper)
I would also like to act, once in a while, but not get up every morning at 5:30 or six o'clock and pound into the studio and get home at 7:30 or eight o'clock at night, or act over and over and over every night on Broadway, either. View quote
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So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different. View quote
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They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light started to pick it up. View quote
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job. View quote
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I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all. View quote
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So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things. View quote
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Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me. View quote
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Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper - Image
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: September 15, 1922
Died: May 3, 2011
Quotes count: 18