The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my foot off the gas pedal. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
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 Image
I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years. — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
