“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.” SportsHurtIgnorantWrestling Author:Mickey Rourke
“Film is a two dimensional thing - it goes up and down and left to right but if you put that music into that two dimensional medium, it became like a third, fourth, and fifth dimension, I really believe in that.” IfsBelieveTwoFilmLeftThirdsDown AndMediumsDimensionsFourthFifthUp And Down Author:Fatih Ak?n
“By 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.” FirstsTwoEndsFilmThreeHouseFeltArmsMonthsFlightShootingPushingStairsTrainersTwo MonthsWrestlerCripplesMri Author:Mickey Rourke
“When I did Sean Penn’s movie, I think I was living in, like, a $500-a-month room, and someone called me up or bumped into me and asked me if I’d come up to work for a day. That sort of got me going a little bit. But it wasn’t until Sin City [2005] that I kind of got back into the game.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesGamesBitsSinRoomsCitiesMonthsLittle BitCome UpSeanSin City Author:Mickey Rourke
“I tried to change my name for the fights, but the only way they could pay me money was if I used my own name. I wanted to change my name to, like, Romeo something-or-other, and they said, "No, we can't do that. We've got to use Mickey Rourke." Because they paid me a lot of money to go over to Europe and Asia to fight.” IfsWaySaidUseWantedUsedFightingNamesMy OwnPayEuropePaidLots Of MoneyThey SaidAsiaMickey Author:Mickey Rourke
“I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.” WantedNamesFighterGood Fight Author:Mickey Rourke
“I started having some memory-loss issues. I took a neurological exam, and they said, "Well, you should stop fighting now." And I kept begging them for one more fight, one more fight, and the doctor said to me, "How much are they going to pay you?" I was supposed to fight three more times, and one would have been for a cruiser belt. So I said, "I just need to fight three more times." He said, "Listen, you can't even get hit in the head one more time, your neuro is so bad."” NeedsShouldWellsHas BeensSaidFightingThreeMemoriesLossPayIssuesDoctorsMore TimeThey SaidBeltsBeggingExamMemory Loss Author:Mickey Rourke
“I don't like violence in movies, I'm not a kind of Tarantino fan. But sometimes it's necessary.” KindSometimesViolenceFansTarantinoViolence In Movies Author:Fatih Ak?n
“Julian Schnabel painted a picture that he dedicated to my character in Rumble Fish. It was called The Motorcycle Boy. I remember when he brought it over to me at the Mayflower Hotel [in New York] years ago. This is when you and I knew each other.” YearsCharacterRememberBoysNew YorkYears AgoFishesHotelDedicatedRemember WhenMotorcycleRumbleMayflower Author:Mickey Rourke
“I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.” HouseConfusedBoxingGlovesBoxing Gloves Author:Mickey Rourke