"And that's the way I have always lived, for the laughs -- today. N-O-W. No Other Way."
-- Mickey Rooney

"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."
-- Mickey Rooney

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

"You always pass failure on the way to success."
-- Mickey Rooney

"There's no age discrimination in the great golf business! They have senior tours. There are hundreds of people out of work who could be working. I say to Bruce Willis, 'Bravo,' I say to Arnold Schwarznegger, 'Bravo.' But what's wrong with making pictures with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston? What's wrong with making pictures with Mickey Rooney?"
-- Mickey Rooney

''Mickey Rooney was a real colorful character, told us great stories. He used to walk around and say, 'I was the No. 1 star in the world, hear me? The world!' And that's when he was alone in his dressing cubicle.''
-- Dana Carvey

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