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" Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Look
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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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" 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. "
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" I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic. "
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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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" I don't want to be so confident in myself. "
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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 take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. "
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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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" 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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" 'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience. "
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" 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. "
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" I've noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don't want to happen. "
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" 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. "
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" Acting is always a challenge. "
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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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Want
" 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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" All I want, and I think all any parent with a semblance of a moral psychology wants, is for my kid to have his own experience, uninhibited. "
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" Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff. "
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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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Everything
Someone
Villain
" I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall. "
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Wall
Mainstream
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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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" 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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" 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 life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable. "
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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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" 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'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin. "
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Comparing
" 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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Level
" 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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Son
Hero
" 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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