--- title: "1 Alan Quotes By Mickey Rourke" description: "1 Alan quotes by Mickey Rourke. Plus more from Mickey Rourke and more Alan sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/mickey-rourke-4846_about_when-i-first-met-alan-parker-who-directe_2592038.png" --- > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/when-i-first-met-alan-parker-who-directed-angel-heart-he-d-heard-so/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/mickey-rourke-4846_about_when-i-first-met-alan-parker-who-directe_2592038.png) ## Other authors on Alan ## More by Mickey Rourke > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/people-ask-me-about-that-all-the-time-they-say-did-you-ever-think-of/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don't get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/since-i-knew-wrestling-was-all-choreographed-i-thought-oh-they-don-t/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/hollywood-s-famous-for-putting-you-in-a-box/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/actors-should-shut-up-about-politics-they-tend-to-be-ill-informed/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-spent-a-lot-of-years-trying-to-beat-the-system-and-in-the-end-the/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-couldn-t-direct-traffic-it-s-hard-enough-just-acting/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [In order to understand the stock market we have to realize that, like anything enormous and inert, it's fundamentally stable, and, like anything emotion-driven,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/in-order-to-understand-the-stock-market-we-have-to-realize-that-like/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-thought-my-talent-would-transcend-my-outspokenness-i-was-wrong/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-was-very-immature-when-i-was-young-and-for-me-there-was-no-balance/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-never-look-backwards-i-have-always-been-an-athlete-i-boxed-before-i/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/wrestling-and-boxing-is-like-ping-pong-and-rugby-there-s-no-connection/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/where-i-come-from-being-a-hard-man-is-being-able-to-take-a-good/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-used-to-love-playing-football-in-high-school-i-played-with-the-same/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/sometimes-the-independent-movies-can-get-a-little-too-arty-farty-you/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-rourke/i-behaved-worse-than-anybody-for-15-years-and-you-have-to-pay-the/) [Mickey Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-rourke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alan/mickey-rourke/#itemlist", "name": "1 Alan Quotes By Mickey Rourke", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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