Actor

I never owned a piano and I never had a house full of period furniture.

I've been selling myself for a long time.

Fester has a lot going for him. He's 120 volt AC and DC, and he's great with dynamite. His only trouble is that he's one of the great losers of our time. He would make a great spy, but he kinda stands out in a crowd.

Before there were stages we worked on raised platforms with cheesecloth overhead to diffuse the bright sunlight. The reason they built stages for silents was to get out of the wind.

Normal boy? How would I know what a normal boy would do?

Uncle Fester brought me back with the young group. He was very 'in' with the teens.

I plan to keep working until I'm 65. Then I'm going to retire. I've got 50 acres on the gulf at La Paz and I'm going to hunt and fish.

Chaplin was the greatest thing ever to hit motion pictures.

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

Chaplin himself was the greatest scene stealer of all time. No matter what was happening Charlie could draw attention to himself - if he wanted to.

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

There isn't any more real show business.

I don't think its better to grow up normal and get the measles and mumps and have your front teeth knocked out.

I do my acting job and then get out on the golf course as quickly as I can.

San Francisco's my home town, you know.

My Indian name is Bemay-Ultze and means 'talking eyes.'

I led a sheltered life until I went to college. But I wasn't deprived and I can't say I missed anything as a kid except a lot of heartaches.

Fester never talked in the 'Addams Family' cartoons. So I raised my voice an octave and I gave him a beetling look.

An actor like me hardly ever sees a producer. My agent will say, how about Coogan for the part. The producer will say yes. So you never see the producer.

I was only to see Mr. Chaplin once after 'The Kid.' A great artist, one of the greatest, but I'm afraid I don't think very much of him as a man. Running away from the country that gave him everything and denouncing the country in addition is something you simply can't make any allowances for.