I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I…

“I never wanted to be Mickey Rourke. I don’t think he did either.”

— Paul Neilan

Now and again, an actor will blow my mind by doing something really unexpected, like Mickey Rourke or Christopher Walken - you have absolutely…

— Jamie Dornan

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…

— Mickey Rourke

Working with the kind of talent that I've gotten to work with, like the cast of Sin City, it makes me think probably more…

— Frank Miller

Mickey Rourke was the Brad Renfro of the '80s.

— Brad Renfro

I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.

— James Nesbitt

I love Mickey Rourke. I think he's an all-American classic. He's great.

— Bridget Everett

I like the mystery of seeing someone like Mickey Rourke do his thing. I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad he…

— Jim Parrack

Mickey [Rourke] one time just basically drove off in the picture car that we were driving in. For my amusement. It was either to…

— Nat Wolff

The only film I've enjoyed starring a wrestler was Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler.'

— Dwayne Johnson

I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became…

— Gabourey Sidibe

A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on…

— Bela Lugosi

People admire a screen actor if they have theatre skills, but it's looked down upon by the industry as being not a 'real job,'…

— Robert Picardo

Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing.…

— Ben Kingsley

I think Ed Harris is a conscious screen actor, so I think it was strong, it was like he put everything together somehow in…

— Peter Weir