Mickey Rooney

“You always pass failure on the way to success.”

“I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter. I tried to make up for being short by affecting a strut, by adopting the voice of a much bigger man, by...”

“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, wo...”

“I just want to make sure that I give the animators everything they need, so they have plenty of choices to match their animation.”

“I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920.”

“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.”

“All the muddy waters of my life cleared up when I gave myself to Christ.”

“Joe Louis was one of my closest friends.... I'm a great boxing fan. I used to go to the American Legion Stadium in Hollywood, every Friday night for 15 years. Down the aisle would come Lupe...”

“Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan.”

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

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

“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 happ...”

“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.”

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

“I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything but mush for breakfast.”

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

“I'm the only man in the world with a marriage licence made out to whom it may concern.”

“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.”

“I was a gnomish prodigy - half-human, half-goblin, man-child, child-man.”

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