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I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I'd had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.

Mickey Rourke

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Mickey Rourke
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
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