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I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.

Mickey Rourke's character in 'The Wrestler' - that was my dad, that was my uncles, that was so many members of my family. It was the only thing they knew. And then they would end up wrestling for a hundred bucks, go to autograph signings for two hundred bucks.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

I like the mystery of seeing someone like Mickey Rourke do his thing. I don't know how he does it, but I'm glad he does it.

The only film I've enjoyed starring a wrestler was Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler.'

Kids, adults, men, women, everybody has a relationship with Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.