In a sense, he has come full circle. During the interview, Rooney had meandered into a discussion of the old days in Hollywood, when an actor's career and salary were strictly controlled by movie studios. People in the restaurant began looking around as he belted out the song. The same for Tom Cruise. And Michael Douglas, Tom Hanks.
Some people today are studios unto themselves.
It would be shot in three weeks, and she wouldn't direct. Now I'm not saying she isn't a magnificent directrix. I'm saying this is the way it was. Everyone has heard this assessment of the difference between the Hollywood of yesterday and today, but this was Mickey Rooney talking, someone who knows more than most about what it was like. I'd been in show business for 33 years.