Mickey rourke's Unforgettable Speech at the 2009 Spirit Awards

Why does INTRO love Micky Rourke? Well have you heard the speech that he gave after wining "Best Male Lead" at the Spirit Awards?:

"I just got done talking to the Santa Monica Police Department," Rourke continued. "They gave me a bed to sleep in 10 years ago. And I thank them—I asked them for two pillows, they told me to fuck off. But anyway, thank you, Darren Aronofsky, for believing in me...I've told people in the past that directors like [him] come around every 25 years...He is one tough son of a bitch and he don't like it when I say that 'cause he goes, 'Mickey, you'll scare all the other actors away from me.' But Darren, you know what, if they ain't got the balls to bring it, then f--k 'em, you know."

He even thanked co-star Marisa Tomei by saying "Not many girls can climb a pole, so I give her big props for that". Marisa played a stripper in the movie. We think this is the best speech ever given at an awards show!

Winners from the 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Awards:
Best Feature: The Wrestler

Male Lead: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Female Lead: Melissa Leo, Frozen River

Supporting Male: James Franco, Milk

Supporting Female: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Director: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor

Screenplay: Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

First Feature: Charlie Kaufman, Synechdoche, New York

First Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Cinematography: Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler

Documentary: Man on Wire

Foreign-Language Film: The Class

Producers Award: Heather Rae, Frozen River and Ibid

John Cassavetes Award: In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Someone to Watch Award: Lynn Shelton, My Effortless Brilliance

Truer Than Fiction Award: Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths