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Robert Downey Jr. Quotes

Total quotes: 45
“People never change because they are under threat or under stress. 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., Inspiring Change to Provide Value
Tagged: Change, Moving Forward, Better Person
“[the Cloak of Levitation taps Tony on the shoulder] Wow, you are one seriously loyal piece of outerwear, aren't you?”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War
Tagged: loyal, outerwear
“Jarvis: [Thor has just thrown a thunderbolt on Iron Man] Power to four-hundred percent capacity.

Tony Stark: How about that?”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: Power, thunderbolt
“[to Bruce Banner] You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: Secret, Jazz, Weed, bongo drums
“[having just inserted the reworked arc reactor into his chest cavity] Tastes like coconut! [grimaces] And metal.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 2
Tagged: Coconut, Metal
“[after discovering what his father left for him] Been dead for twenty years, he's still takin' me to school.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 2
Tagged: dead, School
“[as Justin Hammer enters the Senate hearing] Let the record reflect that I observe Mr. Hammer entering the chamber and I am wondering if and when any actual expert will also be in attendance.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 2
Tagged: Expert
“I know who I am. I'm the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!”
— Kirk Lazarus, Tropic Thunder
Tagged: Acting
“I mean, doesn't it kind of defeat the whole purpose of having your own plane if it departs before you arrive?”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: Practicality, Departures
“My bond is with the people, and I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there's one thing I've proven it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 2
Tagged: Pleasure, Pleasuring Myself
“[after Wong saves Bruce from Cull Obsidian] Wong, you're invited to my wedding!”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War
Tagged: Wedding Invitations
“Thor: Do not touch me again!

Tony Stark: Then don't take my stuff.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: don't touch me, don't steal from me
“That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it. I mean it's not technically accurate. The suit's a gold titanium alloy, but it's kind of provocative, the imagery anyway.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: Titanium, gold, Alloy, Literal
“You stood by my side all these years while I reaped the benefits of destruction. Now that I'm trying to protect the people I've put in harm's way, you're going to walk out?”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
“Well, you can forget it. I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over myself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: Indentured Servitude, prostitution
“As to the mystery, the only mystery is why you bothered to blindfold me at all.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Tagged: Mystery, blindfold, Smart
“Tony Stark: Hmmm. Your eyes are red. Tears for your long lost boss?

Virginia 'Pepper' Potts: Tears of joy. I hate job hunting.

Tony Stark: Yeah, well, vacation's over.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man
Tagged: Tears, Tears of joy
“[knighting Peter Parker into the Avengers] ... All right, kid, you're an Avenger now.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War
Tagged: knighting
“Steve Rogers: Stark, are you seeing any of this?

Tony Stark: Seeing, still working on believing.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: seeing, believing
“My old man had a philosophy: peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: Power, Peace, Mutually Assured Destruction
“My father helped defeat Nazis. He worked on the Manhattan Project. A lot of people, including your professors at Brown, would call that being a hero.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: Nazis, Manhattan Project, Hero, Brown University
“My name is Tony Stark and I'm not afraid of you. I know you're a coward, so I decided...that you just died, pal. I'm gonna come get the body. There's no politics here, it's just good old-fashioned revenge.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 3(Theatrical Version)
Tagged: coward, Revenge, Politics, Old-Fashioned
“You know, it's moments like these when I realize how much of a superhero I am.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 3(Theatrical Version)
Tagged: Superhero, Humblebrag
“Rhodey: Oh, my God, you crazy son of a bitch! You owe me a plane, you know that, right?

Tony Stark: [chuckling] Yeah, well, technically he hit me, so...”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man
Tagged: Son of a Bitch, crazy, you owe me
“Tony Stark: What's the stat, Rogers?

Steve Rogers: [looks at the Helicarrier tech] It seems to be powered by some sort of electricity!

Tony Stark: ...well, you're not wrong.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: helicarrier, electric car
“[Stark suits up to chase Thor and Loki]
Steve Rogers: Stark, we need a plan of attack!

Tony Stark: I have a plan: attack!”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: plan, Attack
“ [Banner is unable to change into the Hulk] Dude. You're embarrassing me in front of the wizards.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War
Tagged: Hulk, embarrassing, Wizards
“I'm sorry, Earth is closed today. You better pack it up and get outta here.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War
Tagged: Earth, closed
“Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the fuck you were gonna do anyway.”
— Robert Downey Jr., via Amazon
Tagged: Free Spirit, Independence
“A famous man once said, 'We create our own demons.' Who said that? What does that even mean? Didn't matter. I said it 'cause he said it. So now, he was famous and it was basically said by two well-known guys. I don't... uhh... I'm gonna start again. Let's track this from the beginning.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 3
Tagged: Famous, Demons
“[reading Natalie/Natasha's report on him] 'Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior.' In my own defense, that was a week ago. 'Prone to self-destructive tendencies.' I was dying. I mean, please, aren't we all? 'Textbook narcissism?' [looks at Fury askew, who returns the look] Agreed.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 2
Tagged: compulsive behavior, Narcissism, Self-Destructive
“I thought things couldn't get any worse...then I turned on the TV.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 3(Theatrical Version)
Tagged: Worse, TV
“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems. Give me work.”
— Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes
Tagged: rebel, Stagnation, Mind, Work, Active
“It's an imperfect world, but it's the only one we got.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man
Tagged: imperfect, One Life
“Tony Stark: You got a family?

Yinsen: Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark?

Tony Stark: [quietly] No.

Yinsen: So you're a man who has everything... and nothing.”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man
Tagged: Family
“You wanna be a War Machine? Take your shot!”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man 2
Tagged: war machine
“If I were Iron Man, I'd have this girlfriend who knew my true identity. She'd be a wreck. She'd always be worrying I was going to die, yet so proud of the man I've become. She'd be wildly conflicted, which would only make her more crazy about me...”
— Tony Stark, Iron Man
Tagged: Girlfriend, True Identity, Lust
“That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did.”
— Tony Stark / Iron Man, The Avengers
Tagged: galaga, noticing
“I told you I don't want to join your super-secret boy band.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 2
Tagged: Boy Band
“You're in a relationship with me; nothing will ever be okay.”
— Iron Man, Iron Man 3(Theatrical Version)
Tagged: Dysfunctional Relationships
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