Comeback Is A Good Word, Man.

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.

Where I Come From, Being A Hard Man Is Being Able To Take A Good Beating And Then Get Back Up Again And Carry On Fighting.

I Never Look Backwards. I Have Always Been An Athlete. I Boxed Before I Acted.

The Two Sports Are As Different As Ping-pong And Rugby. In Boxing, You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen. In Wrestling, It’s Already Prearranged. But The Thing I Didn’t Know About Wrestling Is That You Really Get Hurt. Because, You Know, You’re Wrestling In Front Of A Live Audience, And You End Up Doing Things Like Jumps Or Slams, And 40 Percent Of The Time You Don’t Land Right.

All I Am Hoping For Is To Be Able To Work-i Think My Best Work Is Still Ahead Of Me-i Think All That I Have Been Through In The Last Several Years Have Only Made Me A Better, More Interesting Actor.