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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People are always afraid of the truth.

Mickey Rourke

The hardest thing in life to do is to change.

Mickey Rourke

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

Mickey Rourke

My dogs are more important than my family.

Mickey Rourke

In Hollywood, you're always playing roles... It's like going through the motions. But in real life, it's like, you gotta take care of business. It's not just the movies.

Mickey Rourke

Bounty hunters these days - because everything is so sophisticated with computers and surveillance, it doesn't have to be a one-man-army-type guy who goes in and kicks a door down.

Mickey Rourke

When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stories about me that he was literally scared to death of me. Right away, he sat me down and said, 'I'm very scared of you. I've heard you're a very bad boy.'

Mickey Rourke

Comeback is a good word, man.

Mickey Rourke

Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.

Mickey Rourke

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

Mickey Rourke

I have a really good relationship with a lot of designers. I like Gaultier, Billionaire and Cavalli.

Mickey Rourke

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Mickey Rourke

It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill.

Mickey Rourke

I didn't have a childhood, really, because I worked my whole life and... other reasons. So when I had some success, I went ballistic. That was my childhood, and the party kept going on.

Mickey Rourke

I don't have many Hollywood friends anyway; I thought with my ability I didn't need to make those kind of relationships, but maybe I should have done. Might have made my life easier!

Mickey Rourke

All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.

Mickey Rourke

It's no fun being a loser. Trust me.

Mickey Rourke

It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.

Mickey Rourke

Mitch Glazer and I went to high school together, and his mother was my English teacher for two years. She was my favorite teacher, and I followed Mitch's career as a journalist, so we've kind of kept in touch over the years.

Mickey Rourke

I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two.

Mickey Rourke

The ladies love me and I love the ladies!

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