I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame.
Mickey RourkeIt's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars.
Mickey RourkeI was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.
Mickey RourkeWomen are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of return. I was lying. And somehow happy.
Mickey RourkeI 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
Mickey RourkeBy the end of the shoot [of Wrestler], my trainer was pushing me up three flights of stairs to my house and holding my arm like I was an old cripple. I had three MRIs in the first two months of working on the film. I felt like it really was over by the time we started shooting the movie.
Mickey Rourke