Quotes from Mickey Rooney

Ray Pearson, played for UCLA. He's a friend of mine.

You've got to recognize, there will never be another you. It has nothing to do with ego; it happens to be the truth. There will never be another person the same. There'll never be another you.

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

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

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

I always say, 'Don't retire - inspire.'

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

Sometimes the transition from being in control of your life to having absolutely no control is swift, but other times it is so gradual that you wonder exactly when it truly began.

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

I'm a ham who wants to be a small part of anything.

I think without a doubt there will never be a voice like Judy Garland.

You always pass failure on your way to success.

Show me a man with a million dollars, and I'll show you a million guys trying to take it away from him.

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

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

Judy Garland was a different type of entertainer. She was a dancer, a singer, and an incurable romantic.

My money was stolen from me. I was eventually stripped of the ability to make even the most basic decisions... my daily life became unbearable.

My marriage license reads, 'To whom it may concern,'

A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce I think I'm about a hundred thousand dollars short.

I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did.

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.

Women liked me because I made them laugh.

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't drink coffee. Starbucks is not going to make any money on me.

I've been stealing scenes all my life.