As an actor, it's much, much easier to be really nasty to someone that you really like.

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.

When The Pyramid falls, the other cities will follow in short order. Nature's balance will be restored and Man will finally return to solitude.

I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.

God delights in pouring his favor on obedient risk takers.

I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life.

Novelists want to flood, poets want to distill.

What is trust, sidhe-seer, but expectation that another will behave in a certain fashion, consistent with prior actions?

I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.

I bleed all the time. I play golf and stuff, so there's always something, nicks and stuff, here and there.

The joy is in creating, not maintaining.