Top 75 Quotes by Mickey Rourke

I used to love playing football in high school. I played with the same guys for 10 years.

There's always going to be a war going on inside of me. That's just, I think, my make-up.

A lot of those who let you down are those who seemed the closest to you.

The hardest thing in life to do is to change.

I don't care what Tom Cruise says about therapy.

The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my foot off the gas pedal.

I'd just as soon do a big-budget movie as an independent one.

My dogs are more important than my family.

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.

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.