I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.
Mickey RourkeI spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.
Mickey RourkeWhere 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 RourkeChange for me was really hard because I had built myself up to be a certain kind of man my whole life, as men are where I come from. I thought I got to handle things different that's gonna make me feel like a real pussy. For me it was hard to turn the other cheek. Even though it's a stronger choice. It was very hard to make the change, but I had to in order to survive. Otherwise they would have won.
Mickey Rourke