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 RourkeI never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.
Mickey RourkeI trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.
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.
Mickey RourkeI had achieved so much success in my career and then had this spectacular fall from grace that left me unemployed and living in a town, Los Angeles, that is built on envy. Once you fall, people don't really root for you to come back again. I'd go to restaurants where I always had the best table and half the time they wouldn't even let me pay. And then when I stopped making movies, the same places wouldn't even give me a lousy table, never mind the best one!
Mickey Rourke