Mickey Rourke Quotes

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.

Mickey Rourke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 16, 1956

Topics

JobTiredFightingProblemDoing

I'm just looking for the best story being told by the best people and the best part that I can find. If those things add up, I want to be a part of it whether it's a studio film or, more likely in that instance, an independent film.

John Hawkes

BestPeopleLookingStoryFindWant

I basically look like a lot of modern Orthodox people you know, but I work on a TV show where I sometimes have to kiss Jim Parsons. That's why I don't take on the title of modern Orthodox, but in terms of ideology and theology I pretty much sound like a liberal modern Orthodox person.

Mayim Bialik

WorkKissPeopleYouLookPerson

For the broadcast business to be successful, viewers need to be not merely interested in our political melodramas, they have to be in an absolute state about them - emotionally invested in the outcome and frightened not to watch what happens next.

Matt Taibbi

BusinessPoliticalNeedSuccessful

I have about a dozen cassettes lying about which I use in random order. Very often, I pick up a cassette to dictate a letter, and I find my voice coming back at me with the lines of plays three years old.

Tom Stoppard

MeRandomVoiceBackFindThree

To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.

Mason Cooley

MoneySomeoneFindUnderstandOut

Boxing's not a career for anyone: it doesn't last long enough to be a career.

Chris Penn

EnoughLongCareerBoxingLast

My father kept his distance from working-class American blacks.

Constance Baker Motley

FatherAmericanDistanceHisBlacks

What does it mean, being a woman?

Brigitte Bardot

WomanMeanBeingDoes

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Aristophanes

PoliticsStonePoliticianEvery

If a brand wants a specific girl, they want a specific girl, wherever you are.

Philomena Kwao

GirlBrandYouWantWhereverWants

Exceptional businesses sustain bottom-line results, which they invest to create meaningful, positive impact for their stakeholders.

Punit Renjen

PositiveImpactResultsCreate

I really wish we could stay longer in the countries we visit, but I've been lucky to have visited most of them before, because I've done a tremendous amount of travel.

Phil Keoghan

TravelWishDoneLuckyStayBeen

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