Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes

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

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Nobody learns a German aria overnight, except Jared Harris.

Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

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.

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.

And last but not the least

I'm not used to feeling like I belong where I am.

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.

You have to give people something to actually write music so that you're not just running your mouth all the time.

I remember when people said, "Man, that's a powerful scene in the movie!" and I was like, "We just shot this thing before lunch, I don't know, he tears a log apart, I said some words".

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.

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

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

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?"

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.

Acting is always a challenge.

I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess.

And I think for a man whose native tongue is Spanish to be able to put together a phrase like 'cultural genocide' just speaks to how bright he is.

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

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

I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces.

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

I really don't want to thank my wife because I could be bussing tables at the Daily Grill right now if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that'd be.

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

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

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

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.

Sometimes everything you need to know to be an actor in your mid-forties, you learn before you were 15 years old.

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

It's weird when one movie that's connected to another doesn't reference that movie at all.

The audience can feel the subtleties of the characters.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Whenever I watch someone doing something, even if it doesn't turn out so great, I at least admire their intentions and stuff.

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

I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall.

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.