A biography for Jackie Cooganhasn’t been written yet.
“I'll never live down my image as 'The Kid.' But its nice to be remembered as Fester too.”
“That picture was made before there was even a union in this business. So, I don't make any money out of the 'The Kid's' reruns. Chaplin owns the negative outright.”
“Chaplin was the greatest thing ever to hit motion pictures.”
“At one time my name was on 50 or 60 different items, from dolls to pencil boxes.”
“My pictures of 'Oliver Twist' and 'A Boy in Flanders' are being used as school lessons.”
“When I was making the 'Kid' my salary was $75 a week. Chaplin gave me a $5,000 bonus at the end of the picture.”
“Pittsburgh, where you once couldn't wear a shirt for more than an hour, is a lot cleaner than Hollywood.”