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Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire in Rocky (1976)

Burgess Meredith: Mickey

Rocky

Burgess Meredith credited as playing...

Mickey

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Quotes11

  • Mickey: Your nose is broken.
  • Rocky: How does it look?
  • Mickey: Ah, it's an improvement.
  • Mickey: You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder!
  • Rocky: I been comin' here for six years, and for six years ya been stickin' it to me, an' I wanna know how come!
  • Mickey: Ya don't wanna know!
  • Rocky: I wanna know how come!
  • Mickey: Ya wanna know?
  • Rocky: *I wanna know how*!
  • Mickey: OK, I'm gonna tell ya! You had the talent to become a good fighter, but instead of that, you become a legbreaker to some cheap, second rate loanshark!
  • Rocky: It's a living.
  • Mickey: *It's a waste of life*!
  • Mickey: Women weaken legs!
  • Mickey: [to Rocky, after round 1 with Apollo] Keep hittin' 'em in the ribs ya see? Don't let that bastard breathe!
  • Mickey: Down! Down! Stay Down!
  • Mickey: You know what you are?
  • Rocky: No, what?
  • Mickey: A tomato.
  • Rocky: A tomato?
  • Mickey: Yeah, and I'm running a business here, not a goddamn soup kitchen.
  • Mickey: [Upon seeing the name of Paulie's workplace displayed on Rocky's robe, just before the fight] Hey. What the hell is that? I trained you to be a fighter, not a billboard!
  • Rocky: I'm doing it for a friend.
  • Mickey: Well, what do you get out of it?
  • Rocky: Paulie gets three grand. I get the robe.
  • Mickey: Shrewd!
  • Mickey: Get out of here! Don't ya ever interrupt me while I'm conductin' business. Move your little chicken asses out.
  • Mickey: You're a bum, Rock. You're a bum.
  • Rocky: I ain't no bum, Mick. I ain't no bum.
  • Mickey: What do you want?
  • Rocky: How you feeling today?
  • Mickey: What?
  • Rocky: How you feeling?
  • Mickey: Are you a doctor or something?

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