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. Mickey Rourke More Quotes by Mickey Rourke More Quotes From Mickey Rourke It was either therapy or die. Mickey Rourke therapy dies Bounty hunters these days - because everything is so sophisticated with computers and surveillance, it doesn't have to be a one-man-army-type guy who goes in and kicks a door down. Mickey Rourke army doors men If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's. Mickey Rourke diners eye looks I couldn't direct traffic. It's hard enough just acting. Mickey Rourke traffic acting enough I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves. Mickey Rourke confused boxing house My dogs are more important than my family. Mickey Rourke my-family important dog 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." Mickey Rourke fighting loss memories I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name. Mickey Rourke fighter names wanted 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. Mickey Rourke fighting names europe A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you. Mickey Rourke closest 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. Mickey Rourke three house two Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it. Mickey Rourke down-and acting choices 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. Mickey Rourke mother blood thinking I was going through a really rough time, i was hurting myself and I was sitting in the closet one day. I couldn’t take it anymore and picked up a gun. Mickey Rourke latest-headlines It's no fun being a loser. Trust me. Mickey Rourke me trust loser fun When I first met Alan Parker, who directed 'Angel Heart,' he'd heard so many horror stories about me that he was literally scared to death of me. Right away, he sat me down and said, 'I'm very scared of you. I've heard you're a very bad boy.' Mickey Rourke me you heart death You want to earn respect in your old age. You want to walk into a restaurant and have people say: 'There's Mickey Rourke. He was great in 'The Wrestler.' You don't want them jumping out of windows. Mickey Rourke walk you respect age As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really? Mickey Rourke you getting-older age time I'm only as rich as my next film. Mickey Rourke only rich next film I didn't have a childhood, really, because I worked my whole life and... other reasons. So when I had some success, I went ballistic. That was my childhood, and the party kept going on. Mickey Rourke childhood party success life
