Mickey Rooney Quotes

I belong to the public. The public made me. The public can break me. I owe them my life. — Mickey Rooney

This is the kind of world I was born in, one in which I had only one reason for existence: pleasing others. — Mickey Rooney

When I was nineteen years old, I was the number-one star for two years. When I was forty, nobody wanted me. I couldn't get a job. — Mickey Rooney

When I say I do, the justice of the peace replies, 'I know, I know ... ' — Mickey Rooney

When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform. — Mickey Rooney

All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ. — Mickey Rooney

Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day. — Mickey Rooney

Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind. — Mickey Rooney

Don't break me up - I wouldn't offend any person, be they black, Asian or whatever. — Mickey Rooney

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! — Mickey Rooney

You will always pass failure on the way to success. — Mickey Rooney

If you listen, you'll learn. If you talk over each other, you don't accomplish anything. — Mickey Rooney

I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920. — Mickey Rooney

It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first on Christmas. — Mickey Rooney

Love lasts only for months, sometimes only for minutes. But if you like somebody, it's for a lifetime! — Mickey Rooney

Everyone who worked on 'The Fox and the Hound' is important. We're all lucky to be in a business that we love. — Mickey Rooney

I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire. — Mickey Rooney

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me. — Mickey Rooney

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short. — Mickey Rooney

I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern. — Mickey Rooney

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting. — Mickey Rooney

The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere. — Mickey Rooney

Hollywood has unfortunately become a memory. It's nothing but a sign on the side of a hill. — Mickey Rooney

I just want to make sure that I give the animators everything they need, so they have plenty of choices to match their animation. — Mickey Rooney

Dont retire - inspire ... Theres a lot to be done — Mickey Rooney

I've been stealing scenes all my life. — Mickey Rooney

When I was 19 years old, I was the number one star of the world for two years; when I was 40, nobody wanted me; I couldn't get a job. — Mickey Rooney

I was a thirteen-year-old boy for thirty years. — Mickey Rooney

My marriage license reads, 'To whom it may concern,' — Mickey Rooney

I don't regret anything I've ever done. I only wish I could have done more. — Mickey Rooney

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. — Mickey Rooney

You always pass failure on your way to success. — Mickey Rooney

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped. — Mickey Rooney

All I want is to live a peaceful life, to regain my life and be happy. — Mickey Rooney

Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan. — Mickey Rooney

Clark Gable once said to me, "'Acting school?' [If you go,] I'll kill ya!" — Mickey Rooney

Women liked me because I made them laugh. — Mickey Rooney

I've been coming back like a rubber ball for years. — Mickey Rooney

God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them, and let's have peace. — Mickey Rooney