Robert Downey Jr Biography

On himself:

“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.”

“I don’t think I’m in any position to give anybody advice about anything.”

“I’m allergic to alcohol and narcotics – I break out in handcuffs.”

“A lot of my peer group think I’m an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle or something somewhere on my body. That’s OK.”

“It’s like I have a loaded gun in my mouth and I like the taste of metal” [speaking of his past drug addiction]

“I’ve always been the type of fellow to put all my eggs in one basket and then promptly take a dump in the basket!”

“I’ve always felt like such an outsider in this industry. Because I’m so insane I guess.”

On music:

“If I didn’t need to work for a living, I’d be recording all the music that I’ve written over the last 15 years. I think it’s the most personal mode of expression I’ve ever found.”

Others:

“It’s a blanket statement to say, ‘That guy’s really sharp and amicable and nice’, because there’s a little bit of arsehole in every nice guy and there’s a little bit of genius in every moron.”

“Life’s really messy. But wither the cosmos has order to it or it doesn’t, and I choose to believe that it does. It’s not about your day job anyway, it’s about what you’re here to do."