140 Quotes by Mickey Rourke

I don’t mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It’s getting stabbed in the back that I can’t handle.

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.

I still work out most days. When I do it, I go full blast five or six days a week, two to three hours a day. I enjoy it. It’s therapeutic for me.

I don’t care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

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

Since I knew wrestling was all choreographed, I thought, Oh, they don’t get hurt at all. But I walked away with a renewed respect for the sport. Because I was very ignorant before – I knew nothing about it.

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn’t get a job.

I 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.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I’ve ever worked with, hands down.