Robert John Downey Jr. Quotes

• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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

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

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Robert John Downey Jr. (36)

Birth:	4th April, 1965
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Robert John Downey, Jr. is an American actor who made his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father's film Pound. He has appeared in roles associated with the Brat Pack, such as Less Than Zero and Weird Science. Other films he has starred in include Air America, Soapdish, and Natural Born Killers.

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