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Mickey Rooney

posted 14 years ago by SarahBellum
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I found Mickey Rooney's character in this film to be somewhat annoying. Anyone else?

No, he didn't annoy me. I found him quite hilarious.

[–] ksf-2 13 years ago

This from his own list of quotations:

"I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years."

[see his bio page for some other interesting quotes...]

[–] quirt1 13 years ago

Reportedly, Rooney kept cracking Lemmon up on the set. Leemon had trouble keeping a straight face during their scenes together.

[–] MissSugarKane 13 years ago

I thought Mickey Rooney was really good in this. He worked well with Jack Lemmon and quirt1 is right. Jack had trouble keeping a straight face in his scenes with Rooney!

Marilyn Monroe: I don't want to be rich. I just want to be wonderful.

[–] Eric-1226 13 years ago

somewhat annoying

How 'bout VERY annoying? All that slangy bippity-boppity nonsense he was spouting quickly got on my nerves. I was thinking (actually, hoping) that the nurse they promised him for the final ball would turn out to be a plus-sized battle-axe of a woman. Unfortunately, it didn't turn out that way.

“Take Major Danby out and shoot him.” — Catch-22

[–] ecarle 11 years ago

Hey-no, Daddy-O, it was the gat of the times so go cat go!!!

[–] talisencrw 9 years ago

I love older movies and I must admit that unless he's with Judy Garland, I often find him one-dimensional and quite annoying. However, I found his cameo here quite enjoyable. It's short and sweet--just like his work should be.