Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Sometimes
Gotta
Nest
Related Quotes:
" Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Look
Years
Think
" 'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Me
Movie
Important
" I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Happy
Me
Spot
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Power
Moving Forward
Think
" I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Give
Life
Want
" I don't want to go all Michael Jackson on you, but I never really had a childhood. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Childhood
Go
Really
" Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Look
Sometimes
Dress
" 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.
Me
Think
Level
" In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Movies
People
Situation
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Basket
Eggs
Know
" 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.' "
Robert Downey, Jr.
You
Know
Own
" Acting is always a challenge. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Always
Challenge
Acting
" I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
I Think
Hero
Heroic
" I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Year
Life
Changes
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Everything
Someone
Villain
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Busy
Great
Stupid
" I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Even
Chaplin
Comparing
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Rest
Speak
Think
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Enough
Son
Hero
" 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.' "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Day
Morning
Myself
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Love
Moment
Nothing
" I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Keep
Me
Dynamic
" 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?' "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Know
Hot
Handsome
" When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
More
Trouble
Good
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Play
Always
Going
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Generation
You
Poverty
" I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Son
Myself
Pride
" 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.
Up
You
Doing
" I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Wall
Mainstream
Movies
" 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. "
Robert Downey, Jr.
Light
Serious
You