Quotes by Mickey Rourke

About Mickey Rourke:

Philip Andre Rourke, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films.
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As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

Mickey Rourke

You want to earn respect in your old age. You want to walk into a restaurant and have people say: 'There's Mickey Rourke. He was great in 'The Wrestler.' You don't want them jumping out of windows.

Mickey Rourke

Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog.

Mickey Rourke

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

Mickey Rourke

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

Mickey Rourke

Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.

Mickey Rourke

All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor.

Mickey Rourke

I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.

Mickey Rourke

A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.

Mickey Rourke

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

Mickey Rourke

What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety.

Mickey Rourke

I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

Mickey Rourke

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

Mickey Rourke

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

Mickey Rourke

I loved my mother, but I don't like her.

Mickey Rourke

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame.

Mickey Rourke

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

Mickey Rourke

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

Mickey Rourke

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

Mickey Rourke

When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.

Mickey Rourke

Author Bio

  • NameMickey Rourke
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, screenwriter and boxer
  • BornSeptember 16, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Actor; Boxer; Screenwriter
  • AwardsSaturn Award