When 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 RourkeI wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.
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 Rourke