On January 15th, 2020, Robert Downey Jr. appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“What about a loss of sense that you’re accustomed to being fine annoys you?” - Robert Downey Jr (RDJ) responding to Joe Rogan’s (JR) fear of losing sight

“Accept the things you cannot change.” - RDJ quotes the Serenity Prayer

“Trust that I’m not.” - RDJ on taking himself too seriously

“It’s 70 percent maintenance of what can I do to stay out of the way, and then the other part, I always think of it as this super-thin, invisible thread. But you can feel the tug and you have to be really gentle, you have to pause when agitated, and you have to go for it when you feel it. There are four walls in here, which one has the map behind it? That one.” - RDJ on things falling into place

“There’s an inner smile, like yeah, this is it, I’m supposed to be doing this.” - JR on finding your purpose

“It’s incredible how our culture never encourages taking a break. It never encourages saying ‘Don’t chase that thing’ if you’ve got it in your hands. I love the idea that if you’re good at what you do, then it’s not about time. It doesn’t matter when you decide to pick up the mantle again...giving yourself permission to not have to strike while the irons hot.” - RDJ

“Life is more than whats going on in Washington. For some people, it becomes an enormous portion of the real estate of their minds. It takes over most of their day to day consciousness, where they’re consumed with it. Your life revolves around things you have very little control over.” - JR on society’s obsession with politics

“Downey, you should just watch TV for a year” - advice from Joe Walsh to RDJ

“There was a period of time where I did the first Iron Man, then Tropic Thunder, and then I was doing the first Sherlock...I was all over the place and it felt like I was hitting triples no matter what I did. People were like ‘Are you really as confident as you seem?’ and I was like ‘I guess right now, I am.’” - RDJ

“I get to be black for a summer, so there’s something in it for me. The other thing is I get to hold up to nature the insane, often self-involved hypocrisy of artists and what they think they’re allowed to do. ” - RDJ on his role in Tropic Thunder

“This is so wrong, but so true” - RDJ’s wife after reading the Tropic Thunder Script

“We love writing ourselves into a corner because then it activates all of those ‘how do we get out of purgatory’ juices.” - RDJ quotes the Russo brothers

“Always know what your action is, because then when you come in in the morning confident or when you come in in the morning and you can’t hit your ass with both hands, you know what to do. Boil down what it is you’re doing.” - RDJ on showing up to set

“Part of the reason I’m still interested in life and getting to do what I do is I’m a fan. I love movies. I love creativity. I love music. I love culture, and the fact that I actually have a place in it while I’m observing it and digging it, it’s an honor.” - RDJ

Thank you Joe and Robert.

Check out the full episode with Joe Rogan and Robert Downey Jr. below:

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