Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Power, Forward, Moving

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Acting, Gifted, Incredibly

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Mistakes, Lesson, Forgiven

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

Hero, Heroic, Verb

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Put, Eggs, Basket

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

Time, End, Stuff

Acting is always a challenge.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Challenge, Acting

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Human, Real, Hard

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

Another, Actor, Guy

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

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Happy, Hard, Around

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Good, Bad, Pretty

Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Nothing, Break, Breaks

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Fun, Trying, Friends

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Funny, Good, Cool

I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Life, Year, Changes

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Great, Stupid, Busy

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Night, Play, Tried

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Forget, Light, Serious

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.'
Robert Downey, Jr.

Parents, Done, Kid

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

Good, Trouble, Almost

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Good, Try, Speak

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Funny, Work, Forget

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?
Robert Downey, Jr.

Marriage, Bad, Mean

I don't want to be so confident in myself.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 4, 1965

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