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Film Quotes by Mickey Rooney

27 quotes
Words and Music
Year: 1948

Director:
Norman Taurog
Words and Music
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 (1948)
National Velvet
Year: 1944

Director:
Clarence Brown
National Velvet
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 (1944)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Year: 1954

Director:
Mark Robson
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
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 (1954)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Year: 1961

Director:
Blake Edwards
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Mr. Yunioshi: Miss Gorightry!
-- Mickey Rooney (as Mr. Yunioshi) in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Year: 1965

Director:
William Asher
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
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 (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Year: 1935

Director:
William Dieterle*Max Reinhardt
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck: Lord, what fools these mortals be!
-- Mickey Rooney (as Puck or Robin Goodfellow, a Fairy) in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Year: 1954

Director:
Mark Robson
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
[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 (1954)