"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."

Acting, Robert Downey, Jr.

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"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."

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"With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily."

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