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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I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.

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I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

Mickey Rourke

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

Mickey Rourke

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.

Mickey Rourke

I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

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People need medicine and they need therapists.

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I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Mickey Rourke

I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.

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A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

Mickey Rourke

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

Mickey Rourke

The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my foot off the gas pedal.

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In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

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A reputation is really hard to live down.

Mickey Rourke

I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio what they want, yet put up a fight to maintain that integrity.

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I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.

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It was either therapy or die.

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I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

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I'm only as rich as my next film.

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Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.

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I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

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Once you've been somebody, really, you have a career and you're a nobody anymore, and you're getting older, you're living what's called a state of shame.

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Author Bio

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