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 Rourke
I come from a violent ...
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When I was like 12 or 13,Muhammad Ali gave me a pair of his trunks that were white satin with gold stripes. They were full of blood, and my mother threw them away. I think it's the first time I ever cursed at my mother.
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I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.
Mickey Rourke
Where I come from, being a hard man is being able to take a good beating and then get back up again and carry on fighting.
Mickey Rourke
All I am hoping for is to be able to work-I think my best work is still ahead of me-I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor.
Mickey Rourke
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 Rourke
