I had achieved so much success in my career and then had this spectacular fall from grace that left me unemployed and living in a town, Los Angeles, that is built on envy. Once you fall, people don't really root for you to come back again. I'd go to restaurants where I always had the best table and half the time they wouldn't even let me pay. And then when I stopped making movies, the same places wouldn't even give me a lousy table, never mind the best one!
I get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line.Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being a kid, but he was going, "Yeah, … - Mickey Rourke
I get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line.Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being a kid, but he was going, "Yeah, …
- Mickey Rourke
A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you. - Mickey Rourke
A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.
I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps. - Mickey Rourke
I always knew I'd accomplish something very special - like robbing a bank perhaps.
Comeback is a good word, man. - Mickey Rourke
Comeback is a good word, man.
I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing. - Mickey Rourke
I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.
I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three. - Mickey Rourke
I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.
People are always afraid of the truth. - Mickey Rourke
People are always afraid of the truth.
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. - 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.
Women are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of re… - Mickey Rourke
Women are much stronger than men. When a woman says enough is enough, which means enough is enough. Man will always lie at her feet in the hope of re…
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