American - Actor | September 16, 1956 -
I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio what they want, yet put up a fight to maintain that integrity.
Mickey Rourke
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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.
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I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.
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I love the first Godfather movie, part one. And two.
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I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.
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People need medicine and they need therapists.
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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.
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I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.
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There's always going to be a war going on inside of me. That's just, I think, my make-up.
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Winning an Oscar ain't about performance. There's a lot of politics involved.
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I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.
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Sometimes the independent movies can get a little too arty-farty. You watch the IFC Channel and you want to throw up. You don't always have to take things so serious, you know.
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