You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough.

I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's an interesting character. I don't want to say the word "passive" because there is something very active about the way he is passive, if that makes any sense: the nature of his watching and his listening is active. It is always so alive because he is, essentially, a spy.

Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

I feel as though the cardboard box of my own reality has been flattened and blown open. Now I can see the edge of the world.

Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.

Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.

Real love is strange and changeable… but also somehow constant.