Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes

I've always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I'm so insane I guess.

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

I don't drink these days. I am allergic to alcohol and narcotics. I break out in handcuffs.

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.

I really don't want to thank my wife because I could be bussing tables at the Daily Grill right now if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that'd be.

I think it's miraculous that anybody survives themselves.

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

I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.

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.

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.

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

Im such a work in progress at the moment, its crazy, and life wants me on edge, I swear to you. But as long as I dont forget the past, Im cool. One must always be mindful, just like you might forget that old girlfriend who tried to slit your throat, but shes really still hot. If you remember the stitches more than you remember the pussy, youre going to be just fine.

Worrying is like praying for something you don't want to happen.

[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

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

The audience can feel the subtleties of the characters.

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.

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

And last but not the least

I don't like words coming out of a character's mouth that I adore because not only is he a little bit duplicitous but he's kind of practical in the way he thinks, and he thinks in terms of everyone's humanity and how quickly we can go against what we think we meant when we said it or what we believe or blah, blah, blah.