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

Robert Downey, Jr.

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" Acting is the most wildly overpaid position imaginable. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks. "

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" 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. "

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" I think I just never wanted to be the creepy guy where people say, 'Why do his leading ladies keep getting younger and younger, and why do they think he's so hot even though we know that the girl who's playing this part actually has a handsome boyfriend?' "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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? "

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" 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. "

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" I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work. "

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

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

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" 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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" If I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. And at night, I would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic. And then I would drift off telling myself, 'It's going to be O.K... It's going to be O.K. you're going to train in the morning.' "

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" 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. "

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" If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief. "

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" I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot. "

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" I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative. "

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

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

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