âQuick disclaimer, I donât pretend to understand the complexities we face as a species, just because I portrayed a genius in my professional life. My scholastic achievement peaked at a correctional finishing,â RDJ said, alluding to his troubled past that landed him incarcerated on drug charges, until he cleaned up in a court-ordered rehab treatment. Downey Jr. also told the audience how he never made it past high school.
âOn the flip side, I did play and interesting and iconic character for 11 years, Tony Stark,â he said, adding that what he liked about Stark was that he went from a âsoulless war profiteer to a man who was willing to sacrifice himself for the good of the community.â
Downey Jr., himself, also had to personally change, transforming from a troubled youth into a reliable actor and member of an ensemble acting team, as part of the âAvengersâ moviesâ cast.
âInterestingly enough, when you want to change, the universe puts people in your life that facilitate that,â he said.
And his fame gives him access to all sorts of people.
âRecently, I was at a table with super smart, impressive, expert folks about six months ago, and the following statement was made: âbetween robotics and technology, we could probably clean up the planet significantly, if not entirely within a decade,ââ he said, and the room burst into applause.
âBeing essentially a 54-year-old child,â he said referring to himself, âI said, 'Letâs do it! Letâs commit to a process, letâs form a coalition.â And that did not inspire the reaction I expected. It was dead silence.â
(He used courser language involving bodily waste and smells in an elevator to describe the reaction he got.)
Those smart intellectuals, who thought the tech could do it, also thought that overcoming bureaucracy, sharing intellectual property, intergovernmental cooperation would be too impossible to actually make it happen.
But Downey Jr. wants to try anyway.
âI know itâs a kumbaya type dream. Itâs a logistical clusterfâk,â he said. âIâm down with dedicating myself to maybe one small part of making good on that statement, even in abject failure, itâs still the best idea Iâve ever had.â
So at this robotics show, he announced his Footprint Coalition, which is still so new, its website hasnât even been set up yet. The actor is promising that the Coalition will be officially off the ground in April 2020 and that heâs willing to spend âthe next 11 yearsâ working on it.
âIâve got to do something. Iâm unemployed,â he joked, a reference to the ending of the latest âAvengers: Endgameâ movie.
vaporwave
kaledo-art
pixelskylines
yousharknotpass
blakekathryn
snowghoul
janainaart
germansingergirl
