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"I mean, if I knew it would take me 15 years to get back in the saddle and work again because of the way I handled things, I really would have handled things differently. I just didn't have the tools. I'm doing things differently this time around -- understanding what it is to be a professional, be responsible and to be consistent. Those are things that weren't in my vocabulary back then. Change for me didn't come easy; I didn't wanna change until I lost everything, until I realized that you better change, or, you know, blow your fucking brains out. Either you change and go on with life, or you're just a piece of shit." -- Wrestler star Mickey Rourke speaking this morning in a Manhattan press conference, as passed along by Defamer's Stu Van Airsdale.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 1, 2008 at 3:32 PM

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Echo07 says ...

Though I'm here at HE everyday, I typically do not post many comments.

I was, however, quite struck with Rourke's words from this interview. Having experienced a similar self-destructive patch in my own life, I sense an honestness here that lays aside the bullshit that we typically hear after life hits hard (actors or otherwise).

The line "I didn't wanna change until I lost everything"... It just seems genuine.

In the end, who really knows... other than Rourke. I do look forward to this film though, and I would love to hear feedback from anyone who has already had the chance to see it.

Cheers.

Posted by Echo07 at October 1, 2008 6:42 PM

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lionsfan says ...

Since "The Wrestler" was partly filmed near where I love and even in one of my fave watering holes (Dingo's Den), I can attest that, according to many on site during the filming, Mickey Rourke hasn't really changed a bit.

Which is not at all the same as him gulling writers into believing he has by making a plea for sympathy. I also wish someone would publicly ask him some hard questions about his appearance and the wages of plastic surgery. He kind of looks like Eric Stoltz did in "Mask," and I for one prefer the old, seedy-looking Mickey Rourke.

Posted by lionsfan at October 2, 2008 7:13 AM

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lionsfan says ...

I meant "where I live." Bearing in mind the old folk song, "I live not where I love," too.

Posted by lionsfan at October 2, 2008 7:14 AM

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p.Vice says ...

When people talking about changing, they usually don't really change how they feel or what they think. They change how they present themselves and interact with the world. So I have no doubts the Mick is still an asshole... just not to the people who cut his paychecks.

Posted by p.Vice at October 2, 2008 8:26 AM

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