Lorenz Hart:
Miserable? Me? I'm always happy!
Dorothy Feiner Rodgers: No one's always happy.
Lorenz Hart: Alright, so I'm slightly miserable
--Mickey Rooney (as Lorenz Hart) in Words and Music
Dorothy Feiner Rodgers: No one's always happy.
Lorenz Hart: Alright, so I'm slightly miserable
--Mickey Rooney (as Lorenz Hart) in Words and Music
Mi Taylor:
Some day you'll learn that greatness is only the seizing of opportunity - clutching with your bare hands 'til the knuckles show white.
--Mickey Rooney (as Mi Taylor) in National Velvet
--Mickey Rooney (as Mi Taylor) in National Velvet
Mike Forney:
[to Lt.Brubaker as he's about to be highlined to another ship] What's the matter sir? You look a little edgy. You know what I used to do? Go up to the forward edge of the flight deck and let the spray hit me right in the kisser. Works every time.
[shouting as he is hoisted away]
Mike Forney: You should try it Lieutenant!
--Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri
[shouting as he is hoisted away]
Mike Forney: You should try it Lieutenant!
--Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Peachy Keane:
Well, dear, we'll put this on the train to Atlanta and see if it whistles Dixie!
--Mickey Rooney (as Peachy Keane) in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
--Mickey Rooney (as Peachy Keane) in How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Puck:
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
--Mickey Rooney (as Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy) in A Midsummer Night's Dream
--Mickey Rooney (as Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy) in A Midsummer Night's Dream
[Nestor has just been killed by North Korean troops]
Mike Forney: Poor Nestor. They were going to give him a medal, too.
--Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Mike Forney: Poor Nestor. They were going to give him a medal, too.
--Mickey Rooney (as Mike Forney) in The Bridges at Toko-Ri