Jackie Coogan

My pictures of 'Oliver Twist' and 'A Boy in Flanders' are being used as school lessons.

— Jackie Coogan

That's what TV has forgotten: how to entertain.

— Jackie Coogan

I had the flu in New York and pushed the President of the United States off the front pages.

— Jackie Coogan

People respect drama. They don't respect comedy.

— Jackie Coogan

I surfed from Baja California to San Francisco when there were only nine or 10 surfers on the entire Pacific Coast. I…

— Jackie Coogan

Everyone tells me that my pictures make little children happy.

— Jackie Coogan

Maybe I'm funny but I look forward to getting to work each day.

— Jackie Coogan

I lost my hair, and went around wearing a hair piece.

— Jackie Coogan

If you're known as a dramatic actor it helps you a lot. Even though to me it's simpler, it leaves a deeper…

— Jackie Coogan

The Coogan Law had to come and it just happens that I was the goat for it.

— Jackie Coogan

I've thrown my hair piece away.

— Jackie Coogan

When you're accepted you don't have to fight for parts.

— Jackie Coogan

I used to work eight hours a day and squeeze studies in whenever I could.

— Jackie Coogan

I've been selling myself for a long time.

— Jackie Coogan

Working with Chaplin was a marvelous experience.

— Jackie Coogan

You have to re-establish yourself in this business about every 10 years.

— Jackie Coogan

It's funny, but people still get us mixed up. They come up to me and say, 'Gee, we still remember how great…

— Jackie Coogan

Before there were stages we worked on raised platforms with cheesecloth overhead to diffuse the bright sunlight. The reason they built stages…

— Jackie Coogan

Chaplin was the greatest thing ever to hit motion pictures.

— Jackie Coogan

Those 20 silents we made grossed a few million each and the early sound pictures did very well.

— Jackie Coogan

I won't wear a toupee.

— Jackie Coogan

Around 1950, I quit and went into the appliance business. But even then I was still in show business.

— Jackie Coogan

When I was 10, I was playing golf exhibitions with Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen.

— Jackie Coogan

When 'The Kid' made its premiere I was so young I fell asleep and never saw the movie.

— Jackie Coogan

We used Chaplin's formula in all my pictures. Make 'em laugh for five and a half reels, and then make 'em cry…

— Jackie Coogan