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" It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in. "

Robert Downey, Jr.

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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'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. "

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

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" 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. "

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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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" Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut. "

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