Robert Downey Jr. Quotes

It is always great when people take interest in your work.

You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.

I really hope my peers appreciate and respect what I'm doing.

It's cool when fans spend so much time making things for me. It means a lot.

I can appreciate anybody's passion for anything.

The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are so amazing.

Sleater-Kinney is a band that we hold close to our hearts as well; it's not something that we're cynical or jaded about. We only feel gratefulness and appreciation for other people's enthusiasm about it. We would never be annoyed by that.

In a way, I'm not at all jaded, and still enjoy so much what I do. It's a good trick.

We have tendency to define ourselves in opposition to stuff. But try to also express your passion for things you love. Be demonstrative and generous in your praise of those you admire. Send thank-you cards and give standing ovations. Be pro-stuff, not just anti-stuff.

I feel that any man that tries, any man that comes out with something we like, is a good man. A man doesn't have to be Leonardo Da Vinci to be sincere.

Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.

My day begins with gratitude and joy. I look forward with enthusiasm to the adventures of the day, knowing that in my life, All is good.

I get very excited when I wake up in the morning and I am just full of oxygen. I say that purposefully. I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything. Truly, I get high on oxygen, and once I graduate from that, what really fulfills me is doing what I love. That, to me, is absolutely priceless.

Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I’m always about optimism and exuberance. It’s what I feel about fashion.

There are worse things in life to be attached to then seven seasons of Hap and Leonard: Mucho Mojo. It's in Atlanta, and we shoot during the fourth quarter of the year, so the weather is great. It's good Christmas money. I'm telling good stories with someone who I admire. Life could be worse. It could be a whole lot worse, at this stage in the game.

I love my Spanish fans!

I take nothing for granted. I now have only good days, or great days.

Engaging in new creative projects keeps me energized. I feel deeply grateful for all of the opportunities that life has given me.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

A moment of gratitude makes a difference in your attitude.

I can't understand how anyone is able to paint without optimism.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.

Don't worry, Beth; there's nothing I love more than a challenge.