Robert Downey, Jr. Speaks

Acting is always a challenge.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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?
Robert Downey, Jr.

Certain characters are real tough, intricate and multi-faceted, but it's really confidence building when it's your words being written.
Robert Downey, Jr.

I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker.
Robert Downey, Jr.

I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it.
Robert Downey, Jr.

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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.

I think life changes every year. This is just a little more comfortable.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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.

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.

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.

I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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.

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.

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.

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.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.
Robert Downey, Jr.

Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.
Robert Downey, Jr.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
Robert Downey, Jr.

The onus is mostly on the director, and the people developing it and the producers and then the cast and crew and everyone else.
Robert Downey, Jr.

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.
Robert Downey, Jr.

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.