America and Europe are so different in the way they conceive of themselves and art and cinema.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

Well, I think there are no villains in this world. There are just misunderstood heroes.

You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Make love, not war. Unless you’re Loki, in which case: do what you want.

We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. Your sky. Your limit. Now. Let's dance.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

I think everyone should pursue their dreams. Whether you want to play football, act, sing, become a writer or whatever you have burning inside you as you’re growing up, you should pursue it.

Start to change your reality today, moulding your reality to suit what you want from life.

Marriage is a partnership

I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.

One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.

I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action.

The disappointment of losing is huge.

The greatest mistake is in not being aware that others are Christ. There are very many people who will not discover it until their last day.

I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.

I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I sense the same energy that everybody is suffering from the same predicament.

The nature of democracy is such that when there's - there'll be revulsion, obviously, towards - that's never going to happen again.