Robert Downey Jr. on Marvel, Fitness, Food, and More
Vanity Fair’s October cover star talks to senior West Coast editor Krista Smith about his exercise routines, what he’s learned since the success of Iron Man, and what he would eat if he could eat anything he wanted.
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Five years ago I would have told you that I am responsible for Marvel's position in the
marketplace and and and and and and I'm the reason Gwyneth Paltrow can you know what I mean or I
talked her into it and when you look back on it what happened is I got caught up in this kind of
tide that was that was happening there was a sea change in the sorts of genre films that people
I train Kung Fu, I strength train, I do Qigong, I do Susan Downey's workout as Tracy Anderson,
I do that. When we were shooting The Judge I primarily did Tracy Anderson.
Look the other funny thing about doing these kind of you know genre action movies is you don't want
to be the tubby guy. I personally like putting on some weight it feels good and also uh you know
once you're looking at the back nine you're not a kid anymore. Yeah. What five years ago what used
to be my get in shape plan is moot and useless so it's an ongoing process. What's your uh food
weakness? Ice cream. Ice cream. Cheeseburgers. Listen to me I want a cheeseburger. I want bacon
on it. I know I'm not supposed to. I want a lot of cheese. I want Thousand Island. I might even put
some mulberry street pizza pizza oil on it. If I could eat whatever I wanted every day I would have
Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. I'm so glad you asked this and at night I
would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic and then I would drift off
telling myself it's going to be okay it's going to be okay you're going to train in the morning.