Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.”
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“To me, friendship means loving tolerance.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Im such a work in progress at the moment, its crazy, and life wants me on edge, I swear to you. But as long as I dont forget the past, Im cool. One must always be mindful, just like you might forget that old girlfriend who tried to slit your throat, but shes really still hot. If you remember the stitches more than you remember the pussy, youre going to be just fine.”
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“I have a sense of destiny that you are led to the things you are supposed to do.”
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“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.”
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“I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.”
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“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.”
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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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“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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“I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.”
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“I used to be so convinced that happiness was the goal, yet all those years I was chasing after it I was unhappy in the pursuit. Maybe the goal really should be a life that values honor, duty, good work, friends and family.”
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“I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude,”
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“Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything.”
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“Smoking dope and smoking coke, you are rendered defenseless. The only way out of that hopeless state is intervention.”
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“I have a really interesting political point of view, and its not always something I say too loud at dinner tables here, but you cant go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary and really understand it and come out a liberal. You cant. I wouldnt wish that experience on anyone else, but it was very, very, very educational for me and has informed my proclivities and politics every since.”
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“I don't need an Iron Man suit. I'm already a weapon of mass seduction.”
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“[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.”
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“McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.”
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“I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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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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“If I was a lawyer, I'd be my own best client.”
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“Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.”
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