Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke
Philip Andre Rourke Jr., known professionally as Mickey Rourke, is an American actor, screenwriter, and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 September 1952
CitySchenectady, NY
CountryUnited States of America
baby suffering hey
Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.
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Comeback is a good word, man.
wise careers anger-inside
I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.
broken pieces meat
I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I deserve to be all alone . . .
guy mind noses
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.
fighting three miami
I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.
best hoping last several work
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.
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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.
formula gonna movies next
I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.
What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety.
change life
The hardest thing in life to do is to change.
I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.