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Jackie Cooper

"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."

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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."

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A.E. Samaan

"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"

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A.E. Samaan

"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."

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A.E. Samaan

"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."

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A.E. Samaan

"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."

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A.E. Samaan

"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."

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A.E. Samaan

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"

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A.E. Samaan

"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."

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A.E. Samaan

"When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part."

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A.E. Samaan

"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."

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A.E. Samaan

"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

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Jackie Cooper
"But the working I would always want to do."

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

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Jackie Cooper
"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."

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Jackie Cooper
"They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it."

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Jackie Cooper
"In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means."

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Jackie Cooper
"People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them."

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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."

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Jackie Cooper
"So then you have to say to yourself: Do I want to be rich, or do I want to do good work?"

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Jackie Cooper
"But I want to do good work, after this series."

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

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