Before securing gigs in Hollywood, Robert Downey Jr. tried a variety of career routes and acknowledged that he had once been fired.
Prior to starring in “The Pick-up Artist” in 1987, Downey Jr. held a number of part-time jobs.
“Well, I was a sandwich shop employee. At the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, he told People magazine’s Leonard Maltin, “I worked at a shoe store, but I had sticky fingers and I got fired after two weeks.” This is in front of the closed-circuit television systems that watch people seat down. I struggled with it a lot.”
During his year in prison, Robert Downey Jr. claimed he could “feel the evil in the air.”
Upon being asked if he believed that his professional achievements were the result of “destiny,” Downey Jr. responded, “Yeah, I think this is what I was supposed to do.”
When the “Oppenheimer” star became successful, he was no stranger to Hollywood.
Robert Downey Sr., a director who passed away in 2021, is the father of Downey Jr. The Family Man, Boogie Nights, Putney Swope, and To Live and Die in L.A. were among the films that made the director famous.
At five years old, Downey Jr. made his screen debut in “Pound,” his debut feature. His father was the director of the 1970 film.
