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" I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

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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. "

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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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" It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it. "

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

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

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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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" Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff. "

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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 like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall. "

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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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" Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest. "

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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 walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar. "

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" 'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience. "

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

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

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

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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 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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" Acting is always a challenge. "

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" Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? "

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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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" 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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" 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.' "

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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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