Mickey Rourke Quotes

I used to watch people like Richard Burton and Mel Gibson and think, 'I could never do that.'

You have to take account of traffic, but you should not pander to traffic.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

When I stop at a stop sign, I don’t think about the distance I’ve crossed. I just wish I never had to stop.

If you wait until all the lights are 'green' before you leave home, you'll never get started on your trip to the top.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

When I was cast as Gendry, I didn't have any of the physical attributes the part required. I was astounded that I got the role, to be honest.

Traffic signals in New York are just rough guidelines.

On stage, you have to have incredible confidence, or you would stop doing it. But I don't think I will ever get to the point where I go, 'I know exactly what I am doing,' and I don't think I want to.

I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.

I was so nervous because I was doing my first film. I didn't want to embarrass myself. I'm an incredibly insecure person, and knowing that I had to go on set in next to nothing, it scared me, but at the same time, I knew it would be a challenge to open me up, not only as an actress but as a person.

A little gridlock might be pretty good from time to time.

Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.

If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

When you're an actor, people just take it for granted that you're really confident and can get up in front a stage full of people and just speak to them.

I can't say I'm confident in my abilities as an actor.

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

Stop the traffic...let 'em through.

I'm scared of rehearsals, I'm scared of doing all this because I don't feel like I'm an actress.

I bet you like sitting at red lights.

All I kept thinking about was, "Man, he's so relaxed onstage! I'm never going to be that relaxed! I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera."