It's always been the case that you have the really rich, and the really poor. But hey, look, all the great empires have their periods where they rule the world, and then they crumble. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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 Copy Share
