Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooneywas an American actor of film, television, Broadway, radio, and vaudeville. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 September 1920
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
children kids goats
. . . children - not kids. Kids are goats. I've always spoken of my children as children.
friendship honor clubs
John Frances, Entertainment Chair, of the Friars Club: Of all the roasts that I have produced for the Friars Club, this is the one that I am most excited about. Mickey is one of the Club's dearest friends, and we wanted to honor him in the way we know best.
funny marriage wedding
Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.
life break made
I belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life.
life hurt heart
Life is an infiltration course. We all try and get through it. We all try and get through it unscathed - maybe not hurt, not bruised. No bones broken, maybe a few hearts here and there.
growing-up let-me grows
The audience and I are friends. They allowed me to grow up with them. I've let them down several times. They've let me down several times. But we're all family.
shoes use walks
I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.
divorce thinking people
A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.
senior veterans-day elderly
To those seniors, and especially elderly veterans like myself, I want to tell you this: You are not alone, and you having nothing to be ashamed of. If elder abuse happened to me, it can happen to anyone. I want you to know that you deserve better.
writing sunday talking
I hear Jerry Falwell every Sunday here talking about the devil and Hollywood. . . . I'm gonna write him a letter. Hollywood wasn't built on filth and dirt - it was built on talent.
school acting said
Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!"
life clubs hollywood
On Hollywood turning its back on him: I wasn't in the club. You see, I'm not going to be a stroker. I never have been all my life.
liars games passing-away
Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words 'I tried.' That's what this game of life is all about. Trying. There's the tryers, the criers, and the liars.
life important way
Now. Now is the most important time of all of your young lives. And what does now stand for - N-O-W? No Other Way. That's the only time - NOW!