Robert Downey Jr Quotes
2 min readJan 29, 2023
- Acting is always a challenge.
- Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I’m just another schmuck that they’re bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.
- I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.
- The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
- I take some pride in… representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.
- I’ve noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don’t want to happen.
- 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.
- 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.
- If you’re raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers.
- It’s interesting when you’re old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.
- I’m in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.
- Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.
- When you have a good script you’re almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.
- I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.
- 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 understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life’s terms.
- 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.
- Dad’s Jewish and Irish, Mom’s German and Scotch. I couldn’t say I was anything. My last name isn’t even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I’m still looking for a home in some way.
- I don’t want to be so confident in myself.
- I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall.
