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[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do.
Mickey RourkeI had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.
Mickey RourkeThe two sports are as different as Ping-Pong and rugby. In boxing, you donโt know whatโs going to happen. In wrestling, itโs already prearranged. But the thing I didnโt know about wrestling is that you really get hurt. Because, you know, youโre wrestling in front of a live audience, and you end up doing things like jumps or slams, and 40 percent of the time you donโt land right.
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