'Chaplin' (1992)

Downey earned <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST000005" title="Academy Awards" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic">an Oscar</a> nomination for portraying the Hollywood icon for director <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB000264" title="Richard Attenborough" href="/topic/entertainment/richard-attenborough-PECLB000264.topic">Richard Attenborough</a>. "I thought it was going to be about becoming ectomorphic and doing all these things to capture him," Downey said. "It became much more about being quiet and still. That's not easy because I'm restless and I also want to entertain myself."

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Downey earned an Oscar nomination for portraying the Hollywood icon for director Richard Attenborough. "I thought it was going to be about becoming ectomorphic and doing all these things to capture him," Downey said. "It became much more about being quiet and still. That's not easy because I'm restless and I also want to entertain myself."

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