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I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

Mickey Rourke

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Mickey Rourke
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Actor
Boxer
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Model
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Schenectady
New York
Started
High
Film
Never
Aspirations
Aspiration
Anybody
Told

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