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 demanddiegood share on social
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. Jackie Cooper actbroadwayclock share on social
The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out. Jackie Cooper boxdropgimmick Change image and share on social
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. Jackie Cooper beginhairleg Change image and share on social
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. Jackie Cooper daddyfathermayer Change image and share on social
There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist. Jackie Cooper artisteffortimprove Change image and share on social
A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it. Jackie Cooper badjobnice Change image and share on social
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. Jackie Cooper artisticbusinessdupont Change image and share on social
So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder. Jackie Cooper ageallowcheap Change image and share on social
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. Jackie Cooper actbroadwaycapital Change image and share on social
