Top 100 Downey's Quotes

#1. 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.

Downey's Quotes #3565
#2. Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #6665
#3. Nothing pleases me more than when somebody who was awe-inspired to be working with me realizes I'm just another schmuck that they're bored of hanging out with on a set. I love that moment. I like it when that persistent illusion is smashed.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #7948
#4. 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,

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #14542
#5. I have loved Jesus my whole life, and it has been such a privilege for me. To be able to marry my work and God together has been such a blessing.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #45433
#6. I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude,

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #57487
#7. Robert Downey Jr. doesn't work out like us regular folks. Adulation bathes him from the moment he arrives at his Los Angeles martial arts studio.

Stephen Rodrick

Downey's Quotes #58852
#8. 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.

Downey's Quotes #65743
#9. If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it's restorative.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #116933
#10. 'A.D.' will focus on life after the crucifixion and the dangers that the disciples faced in the aftermath of Jesus' resurrection.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #117889
#11. Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #120875
#12. Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #135228
#13. We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #146734
#14. Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn't mean you have to stay there.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #173298
#15. This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #188772
#16. I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #196036
#17. 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.

Downey's Quotes #197890
#18. A long way of saying I've seen a lot of kind of more systemic and processed changes. Although we still are providing the kind of material you're still seeing out there now.

Susan Downey

Downey's Quotes #210337
#19. There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #217659
#20. I think I just never wanted to be the creepy guy where people say, 'Why do his leading ladies keep getting younger and younger, and why do they think he's so hot even though we know that the girl who's playing this part actually has a handsome boyfriend?'

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #219090
#21. Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but don't change,

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #222798
#22. If you're raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #227722
#23. Extraordinarily, I was up in the cemetery in Derry City, and I had a red cape on with a fur hood as a little girl, when a gun battle broke out between the IRA and the British Army, and I got caught in the crossfire.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #230850
#24. I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #231374
#25. On the other hand, Teatime's corkscrew of a mind was exactly the tool to deal with something like this. And if he didn't ... well, that was hardly Downey's fault, was it?

Terry Pratchett

Downey's Quotes #237716
#26. After being thrown out of the house, four schools and the United States Army, I discovered that I was on the right track.

Robert Downey, Sr.

Downey's Quotes #243472
#27. Every time I feel that I really hit critical mass and I'm in the right place is when I feel like the director and I become a third thing, and that's the character.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #254708
#28. It's interesting when you're old enough to take a new, objective approach looking at your parents, frame them in a way where you are actually taking yourself out of the equation and just look at the things that are true about their life.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #261638
#29. I think the goal is to make a well written scene seem like it's improvised and/or to come up with things that you find in the room that you couldn't have known until you get into the real situation, just try to improve things as you go along.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #263867
#30. Catholics Come Home inspires each of us to share God's love with others, in order to help change the world for the better, for eternity!

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #298954
#31. 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.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #300076
#32. Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #318970
#33. One of my pet peeves about biblical epics was that the characters' costumes always looked like they're just out of the dry cleaners.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #336272
#34. I didn't have an identity. It was manufactured. My identity now? It was written on the wall by ancient forces.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #368805
#35. We've been playing a lot with television. We have some shows set up and then some new shows that are about to be set up. That's gonna be kind of a fun thing for us as producers.

Susan Downey

Downey's Quotes #368929
#36. I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #385792
#37. And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst

Bret Easton Ellis

Downey's Quotes #399788
#38. I grew up in a house full of faith, and my mother died when I was a little girl, and I found comfort in my faith.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #413843
#39. A smile costs about $240.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #460814
#40. 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.

Downey's Quotes #468947
#41. Growing up in Ireland, when my family received important news, good or bad, we would boil water and make tea. It was the first thing I did when my father died in 1984. This ritual allowed me a moment to take in the enormity of what had happened.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #475636
#42. 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.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #500766
#43. I, personally, would be shocked if we went to the end of the tape now and I didn't have at least one ... Look, even if I don't get one directly, eventually they're just going to have to give me one when I get old. So no matter how you slice it, I'm getting one.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #504087
#44. Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #521236
#45. 'Touched by an Angel' started my calling to be the messenger, and on a weekly basis, I was able to deliver the message of God's love to the world.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #533985
#46. I'd love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it's a wonder you can squeeze in anything.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #553786
#47. From Drew Barrymore to Robert Downey Jr., there's a long list of people who have faced their troubles, wildly overcome them, and succeeded.

Chris Pine

Downey's Quotes #572216
#48. McDonald's being the official restaurant of the Olympics is like smoking being the official medicine of cancer.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #572730
#49. We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #607945
#50. [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.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #674935
#51. It's weird when one movie that's connected to another doesn't reference that movie at all.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #675467
#52. I've played an angel on 'Touched by an Angel,' bringing the message of God's love. It was such a privilege for me as a person of faith to deliver the message.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #698385
#53. Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #699477
#54. I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #708513
#55. One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.

Rebecca Hall

Downey's Quotes #742092
#56. Dad's Jewish and Irish, Mom's German and Scotch. I couldn't say I was anything. My last name isn't even Downey. My dad changed his name when he wanted to get into the Army and was underage. My real name is Robert Elias. I feel like I'm still looking for a home in some way.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #794393
#57. He's one of those rare creatures who can party like past-day Robert Downey Jr. and somehow be as successful and revered as present-day Robert Downey Jr.

Elle Kennedy

Downey's Quotes #870983
#58. Wing Chun teaches you what to concentrate on, whether you're here or out in the world dealing with problems. It's second nature for me now. I don't even get to the point where there's a problem.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #873293
#59. Sometimes you're not supposed to enjoy it [acting]. You're supposed to cooperate with misery and proceed anyway. But what I do enjoy is a sense of well-being and just participating in life and life's turns.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #892598
#60. It's become this really odd thing where even some of the folks who build the things that we wear for entertainment are contacted by DARPA-esque companies who are saying, "Yeah, we're really doing that, and we want to talk to you."

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #916940
#61. I think that 'Little Angels' provides the gateway into that conversation about faith and about the Lord and about God's love for us. Remembering that the angels are just the messengers and the message is the message of love.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #928862
#62. I remember when people said, "Man, that's a powerful scene in the movie!" and I was like, "We just shot this thing before lunch, I don't know, he tears a log apart, I said some words".

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #935190
#63. People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #959642
#64. 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.

Downey's Quotes #980733
#65. I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #984974
#66. I think paranoia goes from generation to generation. It's convenient to imagine that there's a few people controlling everything, that way it's manageable and small. But that's not life, life is messy.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1016023
#67. Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1024443
#68. I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1035393
#69. It was so nice to go into this fake courtroom [on Ally McBeal]. I immediately went up into the judge's chair. Nice view. A preferable perspective.

Robert Downey, Sr.

Downey's Quotes #1064486
#70. I've always wanted to meet Robert Downey, Jr. because I think he's awesome.

Elden Henson

Downey's Quotes #1114071
#71. Don't forget it's daylight savings time. You spring forward, then you fall back. It's like Robert Downey Jr. getting out of bed.

David Letterman

Downey's Quotes #1123307
#72. In the marathon obstacle course of a career, it's just good to have all the stats on paper for why you're not only a team player but also why it makes sense to support you in the projects you want to do - because you've made so much damned money for the studio.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1200696
#73. 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.

Downey's Quotes #1233812
#74. There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1236052
#75. I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it's less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1261437
#76. People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ's life.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1321459
#77. 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.

Downey's Quotes #1325599
#78. My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1354700
#79. It's like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and I like the taste of metal

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1369811
#80. A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle somewhere on my body. That's okay.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1381439
#81. Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1389655
#82. 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.

Downey's Quotes #1392777
#83. You know, when you're part of a comedic duo, you can take breaks. It's kind of like having a partner that is good with a kid.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1406448
#84. There's somewhere you're supposed to go, and if you get quiet enough, you'll make it.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1413535
#85. I never know when the seeds are being laid, I'm just like, "Wow, that's a pretty cool scene. Is that? Are we laying seeds here?"

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1457091
#86. It was a democracy in the truest and most frustrating and most rewarding sense of the word. Anybody could come in and say, "You know, I'm just not cool with that." We'd be like, "Who's that?" "Oh, I was just cleaning the trailers." It was nuts.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1471601
#87. 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.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1519789
#88. 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.

Downey's Quotes #1526851
#89. Nothing's a break for me. Not even the breaks are breaks.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1550850
#90. For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'

Olivia Munn

Downey's Quotes #1574180
#91. I was very focused, driven, rigid, work-oriented. I didn't care about having a family or making a home. I didn't think about kids. It's not that I didn't want those things; I just didn't think about them.

Susan Downey

Downey's Quotes #1596953
#92. Season number seven! It's been so exciting for us. When we first began, we were like the little train that could ... and we did! We're terribly excited! It will be an interesting season for us, I think.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1617423
#93. 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.

Downey's Quotes #1662479
#94. Everyone has a story, and the story changes, and the more I can root into the truth of things - it's so hard - I don't think anyone ever really puts it all together. But somewhere along the way it all became fused.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1662487
#95. If you want to give me Robert Downey Jr in a metal suit and have him join the X-Men, then yes, let's go head-to-head [with Marvel Studios].

Bryan Singer

Downey's Quotes #1719109
#96. He (Peter) doesn't know if he's looking into the eyes of a madman, or the eyes of a King.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1725713
#97. I have been a spokesperson for Operation Smile for twenty years helping children with facial deformities. I also have worked with a children's mission called Compassion International. Both are doing amazing work for the children of the world.

Roma Downey

Downey's Quotes #1839775
#98. I think it's miraculous that anybody survives themselves.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1848322
#99. When he returned to the Iron Man production office, Downey asked that Favreau be sure to place a Tesla Roadster in Tony Stark's workshop.

Ashlee Vance

Downey's Quotes #1848451
#100. I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms.

Robert Downey Jr.

Downey's Quotes #1856190

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