It Was Either Therapy Or Die.

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.

Being Out Of Work For 13 To 15 Years Is No Walk In The Park.

When I Did Sean Penn’s Movie, I Think I Was Living In, Like, A $500-a-month Room, And Someone Called Me Up Or Bumped Into Me And Asked Me If I’d Come Up To Work For A Day. That Sort Of Got Me Going A Little Bit. But It Wasn’t Until Sin City [2005] That I Kind Of Got Back Into The Game.

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.

All That Prosthetic Makeup Drains You. By The Time It's Lunch, You're Done.