21 Quotes by Robert Downey Sr.

To get me in to the Army underage, my mother signed me in saying that my birth certificate was lost in a fire in Nashville, so I got in underage. I was 16. She did because I begged her to do it.

I made experimental commercials in the experimental division of a production house, Film X, that made commercials for ad agencies.

My parents got divorced when I was really young.

A film should always at least be about something.

'Tropic Thunder' I think is a great film.

I'm not going to stop just because I'm 78. Bunuel made films into his eighties, and he could hardly see. I hope I don't run into that problem.

Life is too easy when you're a movie star. People will do anything you want and get you anything you want.

To have been able to do this for so long and to not have to work a regular job is a thrill.

Even with the lowest budget in the world, you better get some names in there; that calms people down. Then be sure your leading character is in a hurry.