Mickey Rourke believes that Hollywood is full of mediocre actors.
The actor caused a stir last month when he called a recent co-star 'a pain in the a*** who has fooled everyone into thinking that she is a lot better than she is' well he has gone a step further.
Rourke, who is top of the box office with Iron Man 2, has blamed the multi million blockbuster movie business from making stars out of average actors.
In an interview with Parade the actor said: "You can be less than mediocre and be a f**king 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. I got no respect for them and I used to let them know it."
Despite this dim view on many of the actors around him Rourke insists that this never interferes with his work.
"It was important for me to put that aside and go, 'You know what? This is a business. If you kiss the right a** 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."
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