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.
Mickey RourkeIt's always been the case that you have the really rich, and the really poor. But hey, look, all the great empires have their periods where they rule the world, and then they crumble.
Mickey RourkeWhen I did Sean Pennโs movie, I think I was living in, like, a $500-a-month room, and someone called me up or bumped into me and asked me if Iโd come up to work for a day. That sort of got me going a little bit. But it wasnโt until Sin City [2005] that I kind of got back into the game.
Mickey Rourke