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" I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results. "

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" 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. "

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" Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable. "

" Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think. "

" But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean? "

" The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

" I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. "

" 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 don't want to go all Michael Jackson on you, but I never really had a childhood. "

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" I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms. "

" I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. "

" I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable. "

" With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily. "

" Acting is always a challenge. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it. "

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" 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. "

" If someone really takes a risk, it doesn't get dismissed. That's what happened when the Oscar was won posthumously by Heath Ledger, who did one of the definitive villain performances of all time. But it really has to be exceptional in defining everything we previously knew about the actress or the actor. "

" But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent or sinister stuff in it, you can't forget that primarily it has to be even funnier than you read it or that other stuff doesn't work. "

" In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do - because you've made so much damned money for the studio. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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