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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of commercial success later in his career. In 2008, Downey was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world, and from 2013 to 2015, he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood's highest-paid actor.

At the age of five, he made his acting debut in Robert Downey Sr.'s film Pound in 1970. He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science (1985) and Less Than Zero (1987). In 1992, Downey portrayed the title character in the biopic Chaplin, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a BAFTA Award. Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges, he joined the TV series Ally McBeal, for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He was fired from the show in the wake of drug charges in 2000 and 2001. He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program and has maintained his sobriety since 2003.

Initially, bond completion companies would not insure Downey, until Mel Gibson paid the insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective. He went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), the thriller Zodiac (2007), and the action comedy Tropic Thunder (2008); for the latter he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Downey gained global recognition for starring as Tony Stark / Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Iron Man (2008). He has also played the title character in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009), which earned him his second Golden Globe, and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011).

Quote: The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.


Quote: I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall.


Quote: Half the people that were out there saying 'No nukes' and 'Shut down the power plants' are now realizing that, some would say, nuclear is the best way to go for energy for the future. So I think it's natural to reexamine your beliefs as you age up. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Half the people that were out there saying 'No nukes' and 'Shut down the power plants' are now realizing that, some would say, nuclear is the best way to go for energy for the future. So I think it's natural to reexamine your beliefs as you age up.


Quote: There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.


Quote: I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet.


Quote: I'm not a method guy. I can't be bothered to have a method. I just want to be a part of a good movie and I can't stand to be surrounded by morons. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm not a method guy. I can't be bothered to have a method. I just want to be a part of a good movie and I can't stand to be surrounded by morons.


Quote: I know if you talk faster and use more ten-dollar words than everyone around you, you convince half of them that they should shut up because you know what you're talking about. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I know if you talk faster and use more ten-dollar words than everyone around you, you convince half of them that they should shut up because you know what you're talking about.


Quote: The audience can feel the subtleties of the characters. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

The audience can feel the subtleties of the characters.


Quote: I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn't have at least one... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn't have at least one... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one.


Quote: I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.


Quote: I think a hero is someone who, if abroad or traveling, they go to the GOOP website to see what shops to go to, what restaurants to eat at, what clothes to buy, and they do that not fearlessly but in spite of their fear. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think a hero is someone who, if abroad or traveling, they go to the GOOP website to see what shops to go to, what restaurants to eat at, what clothes to buy, and they do that not fearlessly but in spite of their fear.


Quote: I never know when the seeds are being laid, I'm just like, Wow, that's a pretty cool scene. Is that? Are we laying seeds here? by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I never know when the seeds are being laid, I'm just like, Wow, that's a pretty cool scene. Is that? Are we laying seeds here?


Quote: Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.


Quote: Nobody learns a German aria overnight, except Jared Harris. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Nobody learns a German aria overnight, except Jared Harris.


Quote: I'm an actor, a husband, a father of two, and a full-time Avenger. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm an actor, a husband, a father of two, and a full-time Avenger.




Quote: Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but don't change. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but don't change.


Quote: Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of success because that beats the hell out of failure. It's being in the middle that scares me.


Quote: You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid.


Quote: Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.


Quote: Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things -- it's so hard -- I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things -- it's so hard -- I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused.


Quote: People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.


Quote: It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and I like the taste of metal. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and I like the taste of metal.


Quote: At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

At the end of the day, anything I think I'm sacrificing I'm just giving up because it makes me feel better.


Quote: You can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary, and really understand it, and come out a liberal. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

You can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary, and really understand it, and come out a liberal.


Quote: It's become this really odd thing where even some of the folks who build the things that we wear for entertainment are contacted by DARPA-esque companies who are saying, Yeah, we're really doing that, and we want to talk to you. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It's become this really odd thing where even some of the folks who build the things that we wear for entertainment are contacted by DARPA-esque companies who are saying, Yeah, we're really doing that, and we want to talk to you.


Quote: Addiction's not about placating the bad dog -- it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Addiction's not about placating the bad dog -- it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.


Quote: If I was a Pokemon, I'll either be a Psyduck or a Jigglypuff. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

If I was a Pokemon, I'll either be a Psyduck or a Jigglypuff.


Quote: I need a lot of support... Life is really hard, and I don't see some active benevolent force out there. I see it as basically a really cool survival game. You get on the right side of the tracks, and you now are actually working with what some people would call magic. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of Robert Downey, Jr.  quote; white text on black background

I need a lot of support... Life is really hard, and I don't see some active benevolent force out there. I see it as basically a really cool survival game. You get on the right side of the tracks, and you now are actually working with what some people would call magic.


Quote: I'm not used to studios being ecstatic about we did and saying, Please go do that again. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm not used to studios being ecstatic about we did and saying, Please go do that again.


Quote: Smoking dope and smoking coke, you are rendered defenseless. The only way out of that hopeless state is intervention. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Smoking dope and smoking coke, you are rendered defenseless. The only way out of that hopeless state is intervention.


Quote: Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip.


Quote: The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.


Quote: There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.


Quote: Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.


Quote: I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.


Quote: I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be? by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?




Quote: I wouldn't want to see anything irreparable happen, but I also like it when seemingly irreparable thing occur and men and women find a way to move past it. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I wouldn't want to see anything irreparable happen, but I also like it when seemingly irreparable thing occur and men and women find a way to move past it.


Quote: I think paranoia goes from generation to generation. It's convenient to imagine that there's a few people controlling everything, that way it's manageable and small. But that's not life, life is messy. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think paranoia goes from generation to generation. It's convenient to imagine that there's a few people controlling everything, that way it's manageable and small. But that's not life, life is messy.


Quote: Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut.


Quote: A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body. That's okay. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body. That's okay.


Quote: Sometimes you're not supposed to enjoy it acting. You're supposed to cooperate with misery and proceed anyway. But what I do enjoy is a sense of well-being and just participating in life and life's turns. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Sometimes you're not supposed to enjoy it acting. You're supposed to cooperate with misery and proceed anyway. But what I do enjoy is a sense of well-being and just participating in life and life's turns.


Quote: I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms.




Quote: Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character.


Quote: All I want, and I think all any parent with a semblance of a moral psychology wants, is for my kid to have his own experience, uninhibited. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

All I want, and I think all any parent with a semblance of a moral psychology wants, is for my kid to have his own experience, uninhibited.




Quote: Give me a scotch, I'm starving. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Give me a scotch, I'm starving.


Quote: I guess the main thing is, you unconsciously take things for granted, and you think the audience is with you, because you're with yourself. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I guess the main thing is, you unconsciously take things for granted, and you think the audience is with you, because you're with yourself.


Quote: It was a democracy in the truest and most frustrating and most rewarding sense of the word. Anybody could come in and say, You know, I'm just not cool with that. We'd be like, Who's that? Oh, I was just cleaning the trailers. It was nuts. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It was a democracy in the truest and most frustrating and most rewarding sense of the word. Anybody could come in and say, You know, I'm just not cool with that. We'd be like, Who's that? Oh, I was just cleaning the trailers. It was nuts.


Quote: I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals.


Quote: People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.




Quote: McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.


Quote: I'm not a poster boy for good behavior and recovery in Hollywood, I'm just a guy who knows he has a lot to be grateful for. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm not a poster boy for good behavior and recovery in Hollywood, I'm just a guy who knows he has a lot to be grateful for.


Quote: I saw School of Rock, and I was like, why haven't I worked with Richard Linklater already? Then by the time I got him I was like, I'm really pissed off I feel like you owe me some retroactive swag. He gave me the 10-year anniversary Dazed and Confused T-shirt, which I still wear with relish. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of Robert Downey, Jr.  quote: I saw School of Rock, and I was like, why haven't I worked with Richard Linklater already? Then by the time I got him I was like, I'm really pissed off I feel like you owe me some retroactive swag. He gave me the 10-year anniversary Dazed and Confused T-shirt, which I still wear with relish.- black text on quotes background

I saw School of Rock, and I was like, why haven't I worked with Richard Linklater already? Then by the time I got him I was like, I'm really pissed off I feel like you owe me some retroactive swag. He gave me the 10-year anniversary Dazed and Confused T-shirt, which I still wear with relish.


Quote: I thought that the grounded-ish nature of the first Iron Man and where I think the success of it was based was I think people got excited that this was a technologically possible occurrence; and didn't Obama order an Iron Man? by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I thought that the grounded-ish nature of the first Iron Man and where I think the success of it was based was I think people got excited that this was a technologically possible occurrence; and didn't Obama order an Iron Man?


Quote: I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.


Quote: My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.


Quote: I don't want to go all Michael Jackson on you, but I never really had a childhood. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I don't want to go all Michael Jackson on you, but I never really had a childhood.


Quote: I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.


Quote: I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm a soldier who didn't know how nasty the battle was going to be, and now, I've got a purple heart and I'm back.


Quote: If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief.


Quote: But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean? by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?


Quote: I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work.


Quote: In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them.


Quote: Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of Robert Downey, Jr.  quote; white text on black background

Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way.


Quote: It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.


Quote: 'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience.


Quote: I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.


Quote: I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.


Quote: I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.


Quote: Acting is always a challenge. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Acting is always a challenge.


Quote: I'm not particularly tall, strong, fast, or aggressive. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm not particularly tall, strong, fast, or aggressive.


Quote: I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.


Quote: There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.' by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'


Quote: I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.


Quote: Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?


Quote: With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.


Quote: I think I just never wanted to be the creepy guy where people say, 'Why do his leading ladies keep getting younger and younger, and why do they think he's so hot even though we know that the girl who's playing this part actually has a handsome boyfriend?' by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think I just never wanted to be the creepy guy where people say, 'Why do his leading ladies keep getting younger and younger, and why do they think he's so hot even though we know that the girl who's playing this part actually has a handsome boyfriend?'


Quote: I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results.


Quote: Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff.


Quote: I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.


Quote: But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work.


Quote: I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.


Quote: Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable.


Quote: Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I'm just another schmuck that they're bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I'm just another schmuck that they're bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.


Quote: If you're raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

If you're raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers.


Quote: I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.


Quote: I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.


Quote: I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it -- it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it -- it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.


Quote: I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.


Quote: When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.


Quote: I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it.


Quote: I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.


Quote: I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.


Quote: In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do -- because you've made so much damned money for the studio. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do -- because you've made so much damned money for the studio.


Quote: I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen.


Quote: I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.


Quote: Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.


Quote: Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.




Quote: It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.


Quote: Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.


Quote: I don't want to be so confident in myself. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I don't want to be so confident in myself.


Quote: Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.


Quote: I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.


Quote: I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night.


Quote: I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it.


Quote: I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.


Quote: I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.


Quote: It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it.


Quote: I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know. by author Robert Downey, Jr.  overlaid on photo of photo of author Robert Downey, Jr.  with quote

I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know.


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