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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. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

Team

Marathon

Money

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Walk

Out

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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

Robert Downey, Jr.

You

Doing

" 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. "

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

Robert Downey, Jr.

Think

Level

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Robert Downey, Jr.

Keep

Dynamic

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" In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them. "