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. (Mickey Rourke)
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. View quote
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Women are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of return. I was lying. And somehow happy. View quote
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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 with dignity.' Really? View quote
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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. View quote
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The hardest thing in life to do is to change. View quote
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I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change. View quote
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I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good. View quote
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Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key. View quote
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My dogs are more important than my family. View quote
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Bounty hunters these days - because everything is so sophisticated with computers and surveillance, it doesn't have to be a one-man-army-type guy who goes in and kicks a door down. (Mickey Rourke)
Comeback is a good word, man. View quote
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Sometimes, when a man is alone, that's all you got is your dog. View quote
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In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged. View quote
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A reputation is really hard to live down. View quote
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Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park. View quote
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I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong. View quote
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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 places and make movies that six people went to see. (Mickey Rourke)
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. View quote
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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 for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise. View quote
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I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy. View quote
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People are always afraid of the truth. View quote
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