“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.” —Robert Downey Jr.

“I’m not used to feeling like I belong where I am.” —Robert Downey Jr.

“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.

“Although I can say sometimes I wanna shop a lot and sometimes I just wanna watch ESPN and jerk off and eat ice cream, I’m not fucking depressed or manic.” —Robert Downey Jr.

“For years I took pride in being resilient but that turned me into this guy who can get hit by a brick bat every morning and still look kind of cute.” —Robert Downey Jr.

“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.

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“I have a sense of destiny that you are led to the things you are supposed to do.” —Robert Downey Jr.

“There is no mystery about me. The more one tries to uncover the mystery, the more they’ll find out.” -Robert Downey Jr.

“There’s a little bit of asshole in every nice guy, and there’s a little bit of genius in every moron.” —Robert Downey Jr.