Mickey Rourke — American Actor born on September 16, 1956,

Philip Andre Rourke, Jr., known as Mickey Rourke, is an American actor, screenwriter, and retired boxer, who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films... (wikipedia)

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame.
As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?
When you lose everything, and I mean everything, you sit there in this empty room in the dark, and the only person who can get you out is you.
I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.
The hardest thing in life to do is to change.