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.

Quote by Jackie Cooper

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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were...

In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were...

From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.

From that, I became very anxious to produce something of my own.

So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by...

So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by...

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I...

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I...

So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or...

So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or...

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.

People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this...

People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this...

The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when...

The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when...

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public...

I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public...

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

If it's boring, then it's tiring.

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which...

I hope this series is good work, but it is in the half-hour medium, which...

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.

A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.

But the working I would always want to do.

But the working I would always want to do.

There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did...

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did...

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I...

So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I...

They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light...

They had to start shaving my chin when I was 12 years old because light...

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office,...

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office,...

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

A nice, steady job I don't need that bad. I'm not that satisfied with it.

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or...

So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or...