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Mickey Rourke quotes: I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

Mickey Rourke quotes: A reputation is really hard to live down.

A reputation is really hard to live down.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Very few men can fall as far as I have and come back. People see me and it's like they've seen a ghost, like I'm back from the dead.

Very few men can fall as far as I have and come back. People see me and it's like they've seen a ghost, like I'm back from the dead.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

Mickey Rourke quotes: People need medicine and they need therapists.

People need medicine and they need therapists.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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.

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 quotes: To me, everything's competition.

To me, everything's competition.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Boxers are very isolated - or isolated within their own camps.

Boxers are very isolated - or isolated within their own camps.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I'm only as rich as my next film.

I'm only as rich as my next film.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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 for them no matter what.

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 for them no matter what.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The ladies love me and I love the ladies!

The ladies love me and I love the ladies!

Mickey Rourke quotes: I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I thought my talent would transcend my outspokenness. I was wrong.

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: I loved my mother, but I don't like her.

I loved my mother, but I don't like her.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I deserve to be all alone ...

I'm an old broken down piece of meat and I deserve to be all alone ...

Mickey Rourke quotes: Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.

Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.

Mickey Rourke quotes: All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.

All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.

Mickey Rourke quotes: When you're young, working in a warehouse or selling hot dogs, you look at work - at acting - as something precious. It gets you out of the stink.

When you're young, working in a warehouse or selling hot dogs, you look at work - at acting - as something precious. It gets you out of the stink.

Mickey Rourke quotes: My dogs are more important than my family.

My dogs are more important than my family.

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

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.

I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.

Mickey Rourke quotes: There's always going to be a war going on inside of me. That's just, I think, my make-up.

There's always going to be a war going on inside of me. That's just, I think, my make-up.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.

I'm not gonna rush out and see the next 'Batman;' I'm not big on formula movies.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Hollywood's famous for putting you in a box.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Comeback is a good word, man.

Comeback is a good word, man.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.

Mickey Rourke quotes: If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.

If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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 question."

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 question."

Mickey Rourke quotes: In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged.

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

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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.

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.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.

When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.

Mickey Rourke quotes: It's no fun being a loser. Trust me.

It's no fun being a loser. Trust me.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.

I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Wrestlers are all pretty busted-up by the ends of their careers.

Wrestlers are all pretty busted-up by the ends of their careers.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two.

I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I couldn't direct traffic.It's hard enough just acting.

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.

Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It's

I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It's therapeutic for me.

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

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

Mickey Rourke quotes: You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

You know, back in acting school they always teach you, 'Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.'

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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 the best I can be

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 the best I can be at it.

Mickey Rourke quotes: People are always afraid of the truth.

People are always afraid of the truth.

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

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

Mickey Rourke quotes: It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.

It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

Mickey Rourke quotes: The hardest thing in life to do is to change.

The hardest thing in life to do is to change.

Mickey Rourke quotes: Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

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

Mickey Rourke quotes: I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.

I started out fighting before I was acting, actually, then got hurt and got into the acting.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I probably did a dozen plays, like Off-Off-Broadway stuff.

I probably did a dozen plays, like Off-Off-Broadway stuff.

Mickey Rourke quotes: It was either therapy or die.

It was either therapy or die.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.

I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.

Mickey Rourke quotes: 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.

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.

Mickey Rourke quotes: A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.

A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.

Mickey Rourke quotes: I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.

I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.

Mickey Rourke quotes: A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

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