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Sometimes you're not supposed to enjoy it [acting]. You're supposed to cooperate with misery and proceed anyway. But what I do enjoy is a sense of well-being and just participating in life and life's turns.
Robert Downey, Jr.
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Robert Downey, Jr.
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 4
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Robert John Downey Jr.
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