109 Quotes by Mickey Rooney

I was about six years old when I did 'Orchids and Ermine.' They dressed me in a suit, put a mustache under my nose, a cigar in my mouth, a cane in my hand, and a hat on my head.

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

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

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

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.

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

Change is an opportunity for everybody to think.

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

I tried to make up for being 5 ft. 3 in. by affecting a strut and adopting the voice of a much bigger man... dating tall, beautiful women... But nothing I could do, after Ava had left me, would add a single inch to my height.