Person
Mickey Rooney
"They ask me when I'm going to retire. I'm not going to retire. I inspire."
"We were doing a 'Colgate Comedy Hour' every six weeks. We took most of what Martin and Lewis did physically and worked it into the television program. I was so nuts and I was out of the rules and I never hit the marks and I was going into the cameras. I knew the importance of physicality and we were good together on it. We knew when to pull back and when to feed one another and when to get up close. It was incredible."
“I like to explore ordinary people or the ordinary aspect of people, because I think that’s the most revealing.… It’s always character-driven for me.”