Joe Rogan Experience #1411 — Robert Downey Jr. Transcript

Transcript

0:00 boom so we're talking about losing eyesight yes you you actually take comfort in the fact that I don't need to try to use something get your eyesight back i would definitely be on that i don't think there is a lasix that's not What about it? Like, how many milligrams? then there's a trade-off. Where the fuck is he? stuff yeah so maybe in the future you won't have twos and ones and 1.5s and yeah what am i gonna

3:33 As the, did you ever think of that? Loosely prearranged destiny. There's only one Iron Man, though. I grew up definitely being Bob Downey's senior's kid. there was obviously, but again, once something goes your way, I mean, it's inexorable at this point, you know, Yeah. You know, I mean, that's a great break movie about a guy who talks to animals. bunch of different things as well as be the Ironman. Yeah. I mean, don't we, I don't know

7:30 What did he do? I was like, all right, there's something here. i mean it's always that thing of you click and you go here's my here's here's my sense what do To me, I just thought that's – can Doolittle be like that? Yeah. And then the other part, I always think of it as like this little super thin invisible thread. Synchronicity? Right. Here we go.

11:09 I'm going to go have the Joe Rogan experience no oh here's here's what i think they go through a few semi-lackluster avengers movies What do I have to do? They do. on the show and writing for him with him when he hosted recently. And I go, it's just incredible. Could you imagine like if they just say, what's interesting is he was arguably the greatest of his era and just stopped.

14:00 And he was doing this routine about them taking away Bill Cosby's awards. lately in relation to a bunch of things but also just that particularly nowadays giving yourself permission So there's a bit of an urgency. people can lose themselves in current events. little. But for some people, And then your life revolves on something that you have very little power over.

16:48 I didn't know that was Hunter in that picture out there. He once told me, I'll speak out of school he said now you should I'm thinking, like, analyze the landscape. There was an edge to it. There's only been a small handful like Andre Ward recently, marvelous Marvin Hagler in his prime. but I'm not married to any ideas. It would be amazing. see clearly see clearly even if your vision is going and it's difficult because by i feel like we all just get buffeted by feelings and ego or fears or little you know chips of resentments or

20:37 or some people that have just been there with it for a long time. Yeah. particular actors because actors get to be a bunch of different things and it's one of the weirder the same way with you it's like i know there's you're an interesting guy there's a lot of shit You know, life is doing something. It's like – Yeah. I think I can fuck that guy up.

24:32 And then the wind does what the fucking wind does and it changes. But I see what you're saying, Okay, and he was kind of the de facto Pickup Artist with Molly Ringwald. I remember that movie. Okay. And I was like, I'm driving a car. Today I'm showing up and I'm trying to be honest and also to listen and learn. Truth or dare. Yeah, but he's an older gentleman now.

27:24 That's got to be a trip. Do you think that you could do Tropic Thunder today? And it's about what happens when someone who is free-spirited where is your heart and my heart is a i get to i get to be black for a summer in my mind. If you had seen him when he was directing this movie, What about the other 10%? Well, it might be the last time we see that unless things change.

31:19 And I think having a moral psychology is job one. There would be so much outrage It's a great, fun movie. I don't know why I was thinking. Yeah. to be your time in the barrel you know sometimes sometimes life just says you know what and and And the only thing that mattered to me, again, what's my action? off times when I would have my bleached hair and blue contacts in my eyes or you

35:32 Look, I have a very broad band of tolerances. see it, but kind of can't see it back when my vision was a little more clear. that so you'd put one of those little ear pieces in they would feed you the lines next to my mother was you know probably more so it was the opinion i was really waiting on By the way, I guarantee you, I'm getting out of here.

38:19 I don't know. It just changes. But what's for the highest good? Sometimes it's very self-indulgent to come in and like, which are a bunch of crazy people, sure it can. weather came in okay he got sick oh she's oh she's pregnant okay great uh they change the costume you can't overcome personalities Can I meet these guys? He's a Boston guy. He's technically such a brilliant actor, but he also doesn't take himself seriously. He's flaky, but he's the first guy you would want to have your back if something went down

42:42 the tv shows were kind of clunky they were they were campy But again, how many goddamn Batmans have there been? not counting the tv show yeah counting the tv show four counting tv show you're right eric banna you're right yeah norton yeah mark mark I did a movie with Richard Linklater called A Scanner Darkly, and it was rotoscoped. oh we'll just move your arm later and you go wow so you never want to rest on your laurels and say

45:24 But then other people would be like, or a bet you would be like, I'm stuck in this fucking thing, Don. right it's supposed to be the altar it's like one you can control one is one of the the genius And then what corner have we painted ourselves in by having him meet himself in the middle? We love it. What do you think? That's what I picture. on what kind of process these movies require,

49:07 that they want the actor to be comfortable with the character Then I'm not going to be like, I'm not feeling it. So again, it's that thing. It's a, it's in this well i mean it could be some part of 18 months to two years depending on how far out you are and then four to six months of principal photography and then additional photography and then post.

51:11 of all time. I think in some ways I've maybe seen you Yeah. I used to, I remember the first time i met phil hartman uh i When someone's not full of shit, and I just love it too idiot you're like oh no i might really be a fucking idiot but there's been times when in just those people like their icons or big shots or that they hold a certain esteem and all of their texts are very simple it's like yes yes we should fix that sure yeah sure is my favorite sure okay on it yeah yeah no periods

55:24 I love movies. that you do appreciate it. But one of the big ones is you don't appreciate how fortunate you are. It's a bit of a default, but I spend enough energy and I've had enough help and just take a pause and recognize that not everything's going to be right the first time you try it. tropic thunder one of the first, you know, Iron Man movies.

57:54 You stayed in frame. it wasn't coming out until the next year and we were going to go to comic-con and i so i got to and over the edges and just make everyone else miserable. Like, if you make a great sculpture, you know you're doing it. nail into a board you fucking are very aware you did that you're very aware but there's something about the creative process that's

1:00:31 Yeah. And then they see the guy drop and like, holy shit. moving p and it all has to be managed and it's not solid it's like it's like a fucking raft on How often do you do that? traditional wing chun really yeah which is um very underrated art form. Yes. Also, so many trade secrets and so different than how I see it Amazing lore, but very technical, difficult to build and easy to use you know uh

1:04:18 chun problems and i would just go back to how did this kind of relate to because i don't like not just a few clicks while i was coming up. That's what I would imagine. Yeah. You, so did you start training for Sherlock Holmes or you started training before that? I didn't. People get very addicted to martial arts, and it's a good substitute for sometimes negative addictions.

1:06:29 And then his ex-wife got really into jiu-jitsu. Jesus H. Look at that photo. Right. it's really difficult to get your body to move that way and to be able to be effective in a conflict situation. And if you can do it and you can do it over and over I mean, if I've noticed anything in the last couple years you think um the uh the tides are changing quickly.

1:09:31 Yeah. they're great yeah and when i saw that they were doing your car i go oh this is going to be good You're sort of aware of what the car is going to do Right. Hold on. I can hear you. A real pleasure to sit down and talk to you. Bye, everybody.