21 Quotes by Robert Downey Sr.

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    A movie can't change anybody; it can only confirm what you already believe.

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    Tell me a country that is doing well and has a great leader? You look at the nuclear weapons all over the place, and you look at things like ISIS, and every country seems to have a battle going on.

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    I'm really happy for my son. He's turned his life around. I'm so proud of him.

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    I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor. I can't remember lines.

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    When I got out of the Army, I started writing the usual 'Catcher in the Rye' imitations, and then I wrote something that was done Off-Off Broadway in a theater. It was called 'What Else Is There?' and it was four or five people playing missiles in a silo waiting to take off.

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    I don't look at it as a career. I've just made a few films, and I want to make a few more.

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    I loved reading when the critics in New York would say that some of my films reminded them of Lenny Bruce.

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