Playboy Interview: Robert Downey Jr.

December, 1997

Playboy Interview: Robert Downey Jr.When Robert Downey Jr. discusses his well-publicized reputation as a heroin and coke addict, he often talks about how, despite the media circus swirling around him, he processed thoughts through what he calls a lizard brain--a mind that compartmentalized his life into 45-minute increments. Each increment followed the same pattern: Race out of the house, get drugs, get high and be back in the house within 45 minutes.It's hard to keep a straight face when Downey...