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Robert Downey, Jr

(1965) Actor

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Robert Downey, Jr.’s snippets carry the same quick‑draw charm you see on screen. Across more than a hundred lines you’ll catch his self‑aware humor and occasional moments of deeper reflection.

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Robert Downey, Jr is an actor.

Quick Facts About Robert Downey, Jr

Born: April 4, 1965
Profession: Actor

About Robert Downey, Jr

[Wikidata] American actor (born 1965)... | [Wikipedia] Robert John Downey Jr. is an American actor and producer. His films as a leading actor have grossed over $14.3 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. Downey was the highest-paid actor in the world annually from 2013 to 2015. Known for his versatility across rol

Quotes by Robert Downey, Jr

I'm not used to feeling like I belong where I am.

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Belong

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Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

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Dysfunction

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Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

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Bad years

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And last but not the least

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Badass

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To me, friendship means loving tolerance.

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Friend

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If I was a lawyer, I'd be my own best client.

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Best

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

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Confidence

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Acting is always a challenge.

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Acting

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

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Doing

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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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Doe

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

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Failure

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I'm an actor, a husband, a father of two, and a full-time Avenger.

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Actor

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If I was a Pokemon, I'll either be a Psyduck or a Jigglypuff.

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Funny

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I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals

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Fear

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There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.

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Gold

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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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Ahead

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Sometimes everything you need to know to be an actor in your mid-forties, you learn before you were 15 years old.

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Actor

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And I think for a man whose native tongue is Spanish to be able to put together a phrase like 'cultural genocide'…

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Able

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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…

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Almost

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I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be…

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Be confident

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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…

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Actors

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You have to give people something to actually write music so that you're not just running your mouth all the time.

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Giving

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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…

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Child

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People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life…

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Change

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I did Air America for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money.…

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Air

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I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took…

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Dynamite

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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…

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Ambitious

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Im such a work in progress at the moment, its crazy, and life wants me on edge, I swear to you. But…

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Crazy

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I like to be a little more difficult to nail down that that just inside myself, but when someone's motivations, even if…

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Audience

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I think the goal is to make a well written scene seem like it's improvised and/or to come up with things that…

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Come up

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Im thinking of buying a monkey. Then I think, Why stop at one? I don't like being limited in that way. Therefore,…

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Buying

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Mediocrity is my biggest fear. I'm not afraid of total failure because I don't think that will happen. I'm not afraid of…

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Afraid

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I would say that among my many huge emotional miscalculations was my taking a film career for granted. It is the most…

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Able

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Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing. And it's something that you can't teach. You have to be…

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Amazing things

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

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Dynamic

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I make faces for cash and chicken.

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Cash

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Give me a scotch, I'm starving.

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Give me

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

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Changes

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I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.

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Acting

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I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

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Disguised

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