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 wife house
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.
christian religious temptation
The film The Last Temptation of Christ, no matter what its defenders say, was a slap in the face to Christians everywhere.
doors light goes-on
When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform.
party mean florida
There were times when I was broke, when I was down in Florida and I had to go to cocktail parties for 500 bucks - to see the guy that used to be in pictures. I'm not ashamed of that. I've never done anything that I was ashamed of. I've done a lot of things I didn't mean to do.
clever unique men
Meadowlark Lemon is one very clever man, unique and truly one of a kind.
may concern license
My marriage license reads, 'To whom it may concern,'
acting want
I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.
chinese god-bless bless
God bless the universe, God bless Japanese, Chinese, Indians, all of them and let's have peace.
laughing way today
And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs – today. N-O-W. No Other Way.
fun people enough
I'm 74 but I feel like I'm 35. And it isn't work. You know what it is? It's fun, absolute fun. I don't know many people who are fortunate enough to be in a business like that.
years rubber balls
I've been coming back like a rubber ball for years.
kids hey shows
Hey kids! Let's put on a show!
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.