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

- Robert Downey, Sr.

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.

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…

- Robert Downey, Sr.

I could deal with this [Pokemon] if I smoked a couple of grams of blacktar heroin.

- Robert Downey, Sr.

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.