Downey later stated that drug use became an emotional bond between him and his father: "When my dad and I would do drugs together, it was like him trying to express his love for me in the only way he knew how."
داونی بعدها اظهار داشت که مصرف مواد مخدر با او و پدرش پیوند عاطفی برقرار می‌کرده‌است: «هنگامی که من و پدرم مشغول استعمال می‌شدیم انگار او سعی می‌کرد عشق خود را به من بیان کند.»