Hey, baby, nobody suffers like the poor.

I tried to change my name for the fights, but the only way they could pay me money was if I used my own name. I wanted to change my name to, like, Romeo something-or-other, and they said, "No, we can't do that. We've got to use Mickey Rourke." Because they paid me a lot of money to go over to Europe and Asia to fight.

I 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.

Wrestlers are all pretty busted-up by the ends of their careers.

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection.

If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.