Actor Mickey Rourke revealed last weekend that he owes his life to his dogs because they stopped him from committing suicide. 

The 63-year-old actor and former boxer was at a LA screening of the documentary, 'Eating Happiness,' when he got emotional as he spoke to reporters.

'Eating Happiness' is a film which is centered around stopping people from eating dog meat. Rourke, who has very publicly struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, said, "I was going through a really rough time. I was hurting myself and I was sitting in the closet one day. I couldn’t take it anymore and picked up a gun. I was deciding what part of my head to put it on and my dog, Beau Jack, he [cried] and I looked over and he looked up at me like this and … he said [with his eyes], ‘Who’s going to look after me?’ And it made me put the gun down. I was ready to go.”

Mickey says his dogs are the best friends he has and also said, “I get along better with dogs than I do with people.”

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