All Mickey Rourke Quotes
- Change for me was really hard because I had built myself up to be a certain kind of man my whole life, as men are… Built
- People are always afraid of the truth. Afraid
- Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor. Baby
- I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise. Advantageous
- A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy… Academy
- All I am hoping for is to be able to work-I think my best work is still ahead of me-I think all that I have… Able
- I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the… Authoritarian
- It was either therapy or die. Die
- I was very ashamed of seeing a therapist because I thought only crazy people went, and then, after about nine years, I asked him, 'Well,… Any
- Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure… Ago
- I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong. Funny
- I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps. Accomplish
- Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on… Able
- I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there… Children
- I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of… Abandonment
- I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing. All
- A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material. Edgy
- Comeback is a good word, man. Comeback
- I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong. Ability
- I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Acted
- My dogs are more important than my family. Dog
- I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on… Animal
- A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you. Closest
- A reputation is really hard to live down. Down
- Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be… Acting