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75 quotes by Mickey Rourke

Philip Andre Rourke, Jr. (/rʊərk/; born September 16, 1952), known as Mickey Rourke, is an American actor, screenwriter, and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. During the 1980s, Rourke starred in the comedy-drama Diner (1982), the drama Rumble Fish (1983), the crime-black comedy film The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), and the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), and received critical...
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As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age... →

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

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I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

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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... →

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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 and shame.

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What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety.

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You want to earn respect in your old age. You want to walk into a restaurant and have people say: 'There's Mickey Rourke. He was great in... →

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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 fighting.

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I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

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Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog.

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Comeback is a good word, man.

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

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A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

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