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
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."
fall careers roots
I had achieved so much success in my career and then had this spectacular fall from grace that left me unemployed and living in a town, Los Angeles, that is built on envy. Once you fall, people don't really root for you to come back again. I'd go to restaurants where I always had the best table and half the time they wouldn't even let me pay. And then when I stopped making movies, the same places wouldn't even give me a lousy table, never mind the best one!
blow brain want
I've been with a lot of women, but who's counting? It's nothing I'm proud of. It's a physical need. Sometimes afterwards I just want to blow my brains out, it's so meaningless.
baby suffering hey
Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.
men comeback good-words
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.
tough
Come over here, tough guy. I'll show you who I am.
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.
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.