Keith Coogan Inspirational Quotes (3)

For one year, I was Keith Mitchell Coogan on my headshots. The next year, I was just Keith Coogan. And I have gone by that ever since, maybe 1984 or 1985. That is my mothers maiden name, and it was out of reverence for my grandfather.

That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: Use your eyes! Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.

I cuss like a sailor I smoked cigarettes for many years but quit and have never looked back also, I ride a motorcycle... in Los Angeles... so there ya go.