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 been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor. Mickey Rourke Read Quote
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted. Mickey Rourke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that. Mickey Rourke Read Quote
I don’t have many Hollywood friends anyway; I thought with my ability I didn’t need to make those kind of relationships, but maybe I should have done. Might have made my life easier! Mickey Rourke Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You know, back in acting school they always teach you, ‘Make bold choices and look for activities that are interesting.’ Mickey Rourke Read Quote
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 Read Quote