Author of quotes: Mickey Rourke

If I am ever deprived of US citizenship, and I have to choose where to direct my footsteps, then I would like to end my days in Russia!

I participated in film auditions 78 times - and all to no use.

There was a lot in common between Tupac and me. Even though we're so damn different. I'm not from the hip-hop world, he doesn't drive a harley. What unites us is our upbringing.

My dogs really helped me get out of what I was in then. In an instant, I lost everything - my wife died, they stopped taking pictures of me, I had to pay the house for debts - I had nowhere to live. And most importantly, they stopped trusting me. The only thing that the newspapers wrote about me was that "the once famous actor is no longer needed by anyone." Once I went out to buy cigarettes, and the seller told me: you look like some guy from a TV set. I wanted to hang myself. All my friends turned away from me. I got a dog. And only that saved me. Last year, my beloved Locke died, I miss her very much and will never forget.

I have to say that several guys won Oscars for the roles I turned down.

Russian girls are charming in his shyness.

It's not a question of age. Earlier I trained in Miami, and there was a 75-year-old boxer who could kick ass every 20 years. Age is just a number.

I have never lost: ten wins and two draws, but before each fight I had a feeling that I'm about to crap my pants from fear.

Boxing is a beautiful sport, very honest sport. Don't know why everyone is so dramatic... Boxing doesn't make mistakes. Boxing is a serious part of my life. He taught me respect and perseverance, and patience, and concentration. All that I now use on the site.

I was terribly depressing to think that I've lost my looks. I get upset when they see themselves in their old movies. I was much more attractive, it's awful. Disgusting to see how you're getting worse.

People are very afraid of silence. Scared the shit out because I don't know what it means. And I love silence. It is the people in favor.

The film business is a bunch of horse shit. Everything is an illusion. I knew guys who were great actors but they never work. I knew guys who were real stars, but they wouldn't be able to play a talking turd in the children's matinee. So I have no respect for the movie business. I respect only those dollars that I paid.

I like Robert Rodriguez. He is fearless and he... puts all the *UY. I once said about him: Robert swim in that water that was before him. I can respect that. And I like his cowboy hat.

The return is a good word, dudes.