Mick Quotes

- "People think I do drugs, that I punch people out. They think I have horns coming out of my head." -- Article in National Enquirer 1994 --
- "I started to hate acting. I started to hate myself for acting. I couldn't deal with the fact that there was a business tied into it. I came out of the Actor's Studio as such a purist that I thought it was just about acting -- I couldn't deal with the fact that it wasn't about who's the best actor, who blows who away, who can hit moments that nobody else can hit." -- Interview by Brandon Holley, IN fashion magazine 1994 --
- "As far as acting is concerned, I made a lot of mistakes that I'm to blame for because I opened my mouth and I challenged them (the press, the studio). I was too naive and stupid and thought that was a war I could win on my acting abilities. I was wrong." -- Interview by Brandon Holley, IN fashion magazine 1994 --
- "It's all a bunch of horseshit. It's all illusion, you know, it bothers me so much. I know guys who are really good actors who can never get a job, and I know guys who are big stars who can't do shit. I don't respect this profession. But I do respect the dollars they pay me." -- Interview by Joan Smallwood, M3 magazine 1997 --
- "I wasn't disciplined. I had problems -- anyone could see it. The trainer would tell me to work out and I would do half of it. You think you can fool the world but you're only fooling yourself. I'll always regret that I didn't have the balls to stick with it no matter what." -- Interview by Joan Smallwood, M3 magazine 1997 --
- "Women are stronger than men. When women cut if off, they cut it off. But men crawl on their bellies to get their women back. I crawled. And I'm glad." -- Star Watch, The Singapore Women's Weekly, Sept 98 --
- "You know, people are so fucking scared of silence, terrified of what it can mean, but I really like it ...it's...it's good for people." -- Rebirth of the cool, by Rob Hill, Bikini Magazine, Jan 1998 --
- Stallone on Mickey - "Mickey Rourke has the heart and soul of a character actor, but the body and image of a leading man." -- Rebirth of the cool, by Rob Hill, Bikini Magazine, Jan 1998 --
- Mickey Rourke on Double Team - "I used to look down on this type of movie but you have to use a tremendous amount of concentration to do this work, the same as if you were doing Shakespeare. A certain lack of concentration and you can really hurt someone. It's very physically demanding. But I enjoyed that aspect of it because it kept me concentrated. I haven't had a chance to get bored on this movie, because they're working me out like a horse." -- Double Team behind the scenes --
- Dennis Rodman said - "Believe me, I never wanted to step on anybody's toes. Mickey Rourke's a great actor. I like Mickey Rourke. He's like me in the movie industry --people kind of dogged him, and he's done a lot of things, and he kind of helped that [bad reputation] out. But I liked him as a person. I met him and hung out with him." -- Interview by Greg, Minneapolis, MN --
- Angie Everhart on Mickey Rourke - "I think (the spotlight) is a lonely place to be. Everybody's wanting something from you, pulling at you. I think he's a little lonely, like all stars are in a way...I think Mickey has had some real ups and downs." -- Interview by Ken Kristensen, IN fashion magazine 1994 --
- Eric Roberts on Mickey Rourke - When he (Roberts) signed on for The Pope of Greenwich Village, co-star Miceky Rourke bonded with him immediately ("I knew we had something hot," said Mickey) but still according to Roberts, seldom bothered to learn his lines."He'd turn up in the makeup trailer and say, 'What scene are we doing today?' and I'd say '156,' and Mickey would say, 'No, man, what happens in it?' " -- Premiere magazine 1996 May --
- Mickey on deftones - "Its the best fucking burnout music on the planet, it won't change. You ain't changed."
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