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Source: Houston Chronicle.com
By HILARY DE VRIES
New York Times
Nov. 26, 2004, 8:53AM
There are a few creases around his eyes and he's thinner than you might expect, despite the whale of a lunch -- gazpacho, chicken breast, protein wrap, egg-white omelet, sweet potatoes and a giant Lindt chocolate bar -- he is devouring between several cigarettes and gulps of herb tea: "Chinese herbs," he says, typically self-mocking as he fires up another cigarette, "which I'm taking as I pound down the Camel unfiltereds." Otherwise, Robert Downey Jr. appears no worse for wear. And there's been a lot of wear, even by his standards.
For much of the last eight years, he has had a reputation as one of the most gifted but troubled actors of his generation, publicly battling substance abuse while serving jail and prison time for drug and weapons charges.
Now, four years after his parole, two subsequent arrests and a year in a court-ordered drug treatment facility, Downey, 39, has become a singer, songwriter and pianist.
Read More (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/2917476)
Source: Houston Chronicle.com
By HILARY DE VRIES
New York Times
Nov. 26, 2004, 8:53AM
There are a few creases around his eyes and he's thinner than you might expect, despite the whale of a lunch -- gazpacho, chicken breast, protein wrap, egg-white omelet, sweet potatoes and a giant Lindt chocolate bar -- he is devouring between several cigarettes and gulps of herb tea: "Chinese herbs," he says, typically self-mocking as he fires up another cigarette, "which I'm taking as I pound down the Camel unfiltereds." Otherwise, Robert Downey Jr. appears no worse for wear. And there's been a lot of wear, even by his standards.
For much of the last eight years, he has had a reputation as one of the most gifted but troubled actors of his generation, publicly battling substance abuse while serving jail and prison time for drug and weapons charges.
Now, four years after his parole, two subsequent arrests and a year in a court-ordered drug treatment facility, Downey, 39, has become a singer, songwriter and pianist.
Read More (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/2917476)