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
far few men people seen
Very few men can fall as far as I have and come back. People see me and it's like they've seen a ghost, like I'm back from the dead.
crazy years people
I was very ashamed of seeing a therapist because I thought only crazy people went, and then, after about nine years, I asked him, 'Well, was I really crazy?' And he nodded and said, 'You were but not any more.'
years pay-the-price people
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.
people
People are always afraid of the truth.
thinking people ask-me
People ask me about that all the time. They say, "Did you ever think of directing?" And I say, "It's completely out of the question."
age earn great jumping mickey people respect restaurant walk
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.
movies sell
You can be mediocre, the way most actors are, and you can still be a top movie star, even if your movies are boring and predictable. All you have to do is know how to sell yourself, let yourself be manufactured.
politics
Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.
means
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.
alan bad death directed heard horror literally met sat scared stories
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.'
acting activities bold choices school teach
You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'
fun trust
It's no fun being a loser. Trust me.
empty room sit
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.
age crap goes hear older stuff time
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?