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
wrestling boxing knows
In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.
california boxing balance
I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.
wrestling boxing ping-pong
Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.
confused boxing house
I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.
couple boxing acting
I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I'd had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.
I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.
guys love played playing
I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.
channel movies throw
Sometimes the independent movies can get a little too arty-farty. You watch the IFC Channel and you want to throw up. You don't always have to take things so serious, you know.
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.'
life maybe might
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!
I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.