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Robert Downey Jr is a Hollywood actor and producer who has redefined the meaning of the phrase “acting genius” by taking on roles that require more than just his acting skills. He has gained a reputation as one of the best actors in Hollywood and has starred in over 50 films.
He was born in Manhattan, New York, to a working-class family. He first became interested in acting when he was five years old. He later attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied drama and dropped out after two years because he had no money to pay for tuition.
In 1996, Robert Downey Jr made his debut as a teenage drug dealer named Ricky in the film Chaplin based on the life of Charlie Chaplin. His performance prompted director Barry Levinson to cast him again in Rain Man three years later. He is a fascinating man that has had an exciting life off-screen.
Here are some quotes that will inspire you to work hard for your dreams every day.
45 Most Inspiring Robert Downey Jr. Quotes
“Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there”
“At the end of the day, anything I think I’m sacrificing I’m just giving up because it makes me feel better.”
“I just think it’s good to be confident. If I’m not on my team why should anybody else be?”
“I know very little about acting. I’m just an incredibly gifted faker.”
“The higher the stakes, the happier I am, the better I will be.”
“One must always be mindful.”
“Nothing is a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.”
“I think it’s good to be confident. If I’m not on my team why should anybody else be?”
“People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.”
“Look, even bad years are pretty good years, I think.”
“I think you end up doing the stuff you were supposed to do at the time you were supposed to do it.”
“I used to be so convinced that happiness was the goal, yet all those years I was chasing after it I was unhappy in the pursuit. Maybe the goal really should be a life that values honor, duty, good work, friends and family.”
“You need to know what to do when the sun is not shining.”
“I think life changes every year.”
“Discipline for me is about respect. It’s not even about self-respect; it’s about respect for life and all it offers.”
“You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.”
“I have a sense of destiny that you are led to the things you are supposed to do.”
“There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.”
“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.”
“There’s somewhere you’re supposed to go, and if you get quiet enough, you’ll make it.”
“Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.”
“I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.”
“Whenever I watch someone doing something, even if it doesn’t turn out so great, I at least admire their intentions.”
“People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.”
“For years, I took pride in being resilient. That turned me into this guy who can get hit by a brick bat every morning and still look kind of cute.”
“Worrying is like praying for something that you don’t want to happen.”
“Maybe the goal really should be a life that values honor, duty, good work, friends, and family.”
“Listen, smile, agree and then do whatever you were gonna do anyway.”
“I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it’s a verb.”
“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.”
“People rise out of the ashes, because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.”
“I always thought genius meant someone who has a lot of character, and everybody has a lot of character, so I don’t know. I don’t want to be too humble. It’s not that hard to be good. You just have to do it a lot.”
“It’s hard to get out of the barrel. It’s slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.”
“Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing!”
“It doesn’t matter whether or not you can act. If you can go into a room and make these sweaters want you, that’s what’ll get you the job.”
“Sometimes you gotta run before you can walk.”
“Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”
“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 success because that beats the hell out of failure. It’s being in the middle that scares me.”
“For years I took pride in being resilient.”
“The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.”
“Growing up is something that you do your whole life. I want to always feel that I can be a kid if I want.”
“I’ve noticed that worrying is like praying for what you don’t want to happen.”
“Acting is always a challenge.”
“I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.”
“I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.”
“I don’t need an Iron Man suit. I’m already a weapon of mass seduction.”
“I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results.”
“Life is just so painful and messy and hard and worth it and all that stuff”
