Mickey Rourke Quotes

We need a lot more respect in this country for compromise…. There is in compromise a lot of integrity, especially political integrity.

I refused to be filmed getting off a bus twice. The director said, 'I'm an award-winning director. Please do it', and I said, 'I never thought I'd say this, but I'm an award-winning actress with a bad leg, and if your film depends on seeing me get in and out of a bus, we're in trouble.'

The key is you don't want to control the controlled stuff too much and you don't want to be too free flowing in uncontrolled situations. That can be a contentious issue with some directors. The joy of my career is I've gotten to work with great directors who get that balance.

Working with other people, it's hard to get them to make it sound like what you have in mind.

Art is uncompromising and life is full of compromises.

I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you're going to get a better film; you're going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust.

With every song I have a person in mind who, in a perfect world, would perform with me. Usually I end up not getting that person, and I'm forced to settle for someone else.

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

The struggle of making a film for any studio is the fact that the producers and the studio have an idea of what the movie should be, but that is especially the case when the director is being replaced three weeks before principal photography. The challenge for me was to make sure that was my version of 'The Wolfman.' And I've done that. I think.

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

And I maintain good relationships with all the studios so I've never been bullied into any cut, frankly.

if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.

Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles.

Life is about compromise - in relationships and at work.

Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what's really important to you, and once you have identified what those these things are for any particular sequence, you hold onto them and don't let them go.

We've got to take confrontation out of the centre of politics. With fighting, no one wins; with dialogue, everyone wins.

Interactions - whether personal or business, teacher-student, friend to friend, or family member - all call for balance, respect, and compassion.

I'm not a movie person. They're collaborations of the worst kind. You must compromise yourself to many interests that are venal and crass and do not have your best interests at heart.

I get along great with directors, but I think some producers would tell you I'm a pain. They may say I'm tough to work with, but I have a great passion for what I do. I believe in fighting for it.

I admired Stephen Daldry very much; I think he's a brilliant director, and also, I feel close to him because he has a lot of theater behind him. He's also a man of great imagination and a lovely sense of humor.

Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it.