Christians Muslims Quotes 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…

— 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…

— Mickey Rourke

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

— 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.

— 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

I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting.

— 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,…

— Mickey Rourke

I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.

— Mickey Rourke

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

— Mickey Rourke

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

— Mickey Rourke

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

— 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…

— Mickey Rourke

I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.

— 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…

— 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…

— Mickey Rourke