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Mickey Rourke

"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."

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"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."

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"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"

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"The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed."

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"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."

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"You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about."

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"January is the garbage can of movies in America, directly after all the Oscar contenders have been out."

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"My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make."

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"The other two things are... well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better."

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"Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in."

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"A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise."
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