Mickey Rourke quotes

Mickey Rourke is an American actor and former professional boxer, recognized for his roles in both action and drama films. His performances in movies like "9½ Weeks," "Sin City," and "The Wrestler" brought him critical acclaim and a strong fan following. He has become known for his intense screen presence and remarkable personal comeback. Here are 47 of his quotes:

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame. (Mickey Rourke)

I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

Mickey Rourke

Women are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of return. I was lying. And somehow happy.

Mickey Rourke

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?

Mickey Rourke

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.

Mickey Rourke

The hardest thing in life to do is to change.

Mickey Rourke

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.

Mickey Rourke

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

Mickey Rourke

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

Mickey Rourke

My dogs are more important than my family.

Mickey Rourke

Bounty hunters these days - because everything is so sophisticated with computers and surveillance, it doesn't have to be a one-man-army-type guy who goes in and kicks a door down. (Mickey Rourke)

Comeback is a good word, man.

Mickey Rourke

Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog.

Mickey Rourke

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

Mickey Rourke

A reputation is really hard to live down.

Mickey Rourke

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

Mickey Rourke

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.

Mickey Rourke

Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.

Mickey Rourke

Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.

Mickey Rourke

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

Mickey Rourke

Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see. (Mickey Rourke)

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.

Mickey Rourke

A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise.

Mickey Rourke

I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

Mickey Rourke

People are always afraid of the truth.

Mickey Rourke

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Mickey Rourke

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: September 16, 1952
Quotes count: 47
Wikipedia: Mickey Rourke

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