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
nineteen
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.
bless god peace
God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them, and let's have peace.
dear god happiness looking sentiment shared
Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan.
offend
Don't break me up - I wouldn't offend any person, be they black, Asian or whatever.
inspire retiring ifs
I keep going because if you stop, you stop. Why retire? Inspire.
inspire done retiring
Dont retire - inspire...Theres a lot to be done
failure way kids-inspirational
You always pass failure on the way to success.
scotch once-upon-a-time stories
Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter, this could have been a one-sentence story: Once upon a time I lived happily ever after.
funny-love men world
I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.
stars jobs two
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.
sadness sweat heartache
Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.
sadness sweat heartache
Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from work and sweat and respect for the craft.
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.
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.