I've always been known as the fat kid from Stand By Me.
I've worked with dogs before and they'll sit and they'll roll over. With kangaroos, you say "Sit!" and they start boxing with you. They're nuts!
It's a buddy picture. Anthony Anderson is a good friend of mine, so working with him was great. How could I say no? With Jerry Bruckheimer, you know you'll get your money's worth.
They're crazy animals. Any time you're near a kangaroo, it's a close call. They're looking at you like, "I'm going to get you! I'm going to get you!" They kick. They punch.
We were up close with all the animals - kangaroos, camels, emus, the dingos. They're like children. They're unpredictable. But they're cute, and it was fun.
Jerry is a big fan of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
As an 11-year old, practicing his lines for Stand by Me O'Connell was impressed he was allowed to swear.
In 1987, O'Connell won the Jackie Coogan Award for his performance in Stand by Me. He shared this award with Wil Wheaton; River Phoenix; Corey Feldman.
As a child he was bitten by a dog. This resulted in 74 stitches and the scar on his upper lip.
He has a love for Cadillacs, this clearly shown when he appeared in a segment of MTV Cribs.
O'Connell is a volunteer with the Young Storytellers Program, a program dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school children.
O'Connell appeared in Mariah Carey's music video for the single "Heartbreaker".
Jerry O'Connell attended New York University (NYU) studying film. In his spare time O'Connell competed on the NYU fencing team, he was captain of the sabre squad.
Jerry O'Connell was signed by an agent in 1985 at age 10. He casted in a Duncan Hines commercial and his task was to gobble up cookies.
Even though he has grown up, people still refer to him as “the fat kid from Stand By Me.”
In the July 1998 issue of Starlog, Jerry said “I’m here till there are no more Sliders,” then he and his co-star brother Charlie quit the next season after the Sci-Fi channel wouldn't meet his demands to be made an executive producer of the show.
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