140 Quotes by Mickey Rourke

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

My dogs are more important than my family.

Very few men can fall as far as I have and come back. People see me and it's like they've seen a ghost, like I'm back from the dead.

A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material.

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.

I spent a lot of years trying to beat the system and, in the end, the system kicked my behind good.

What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety.

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

When you're young, working in a warehouse or selling hot dogs, you look at work - at acting - as something precious. It gets you out of the stink.