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
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.
formula gonna movies next
I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.
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.
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.
tough
Come over here, tough guy. I'll show you who I am.
I loved my mother, but I don't like her.
business care gotta life movies playing
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.
I'm only as rich as my next film.
actors months shut-up
Actors should shut up about politics. They tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cosy up to some flavour of-the-month liberal.