At least I’m not alone in my assessment of the weak bench in Hollywood.
You can be less than mediocre and be a fucking movie star. I have respect for very few actors and actresses. Some of them get a lot of acclaim but just because their movie made $200 million at the box office; they still suck.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Megan Fox immediately come to mind. Feel free to pile on.
I got no respect for them and I used to let them know it.
It was important for me to put that aside and go, ‘You know what? This is a business. If you kiss the right ass and you get lucky on a movie or two, you could last 10 years.’ So, now, I just keep my mouth shut and pet my chihuahuas.
— Mickey Rourke, Parade
And some fine chihuahuas I’m sure they are.
That’s why God invented Duct Tape, Nicholas.
tex – in MY book, cameron diaz, gwen paltrow, and jennifer anniston are hot, sure…I’m just not interested in them when they shoot their mouth off on things they know little about
can’t believe nobody here mentioned the mother of mediocrity Tom Cruise!!
Add them altogether and you still come up with a combined aggregate IQ of 40…
Ben Affleck, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn (except for his Jeff Spicolli), Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts (and she is far from beautiful,as well), Quentin Tarentino (stay behind the camera),
Cameren Diaz, Jet Li, Nicholas Cage, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Mike Tyson, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Hayden Panetierre………..Oh Shit! I could go on forever. The list of good underrated actors would be a lot shorter.
Paul Giamatti, Don Cheadle, Regina King for starters
“…less than medicre and still be a movie star….”
Keanu Reeves is the first to come to mind.
God Bless Mickey!!!!
interesting assessment. reminds me of your saying that you know the time and place for saying certain things, and it looks like Mickey here has utilized that philosophy to it’s fullest extent.
can’t wait to see him in the new Iron Man 2 movie. I’m sure Cory will get a kick out of it too