Robert Downey Jr. We're sick of making fun of him. Dude's got issues. We all got issues. You wanna be made fun about your issues? I didn't think so.

So here are 10 cool things about Robert Downey Jr.

1. In his first movie, Pound (1970), directed by his dad when Robert was 5, his first ever movie line was spoken to a man playing a Mexican hairless dog:"Have you got hair on your balls?"

2. In his second movie, Greaser's Palace (1972), his throat gets slit by a character named God.

3. In Black and White (2000), his character makes a pass at Mike Tyson, asking, "Will you hold me?" Tyson responds by tackling him to the ground. That takes guts. Downey could have had his ear bitten off.

4. Downey is not even close to retirement age, but parties in Palm Springs anyway.

5. During the one year he was on Ally McBeal, that show finally had an interesting male character.

6. He's the only member of the "Brat Pack" to have a great post-80's career. Rob Lowe's on his way, but not there yet. As for the rest of 'em.... Molly? Judd? Anthony Michael? Emilio? All still waiting by the phone for Breakfast Club: 20 Years Later.

7. Speaking of the Brat Pack, is it just me or does Demi Moore look like that robot on the cover of Queen's "News of the World" album? (See http://www.ecrush.com/images/cfc/demibot.jpg)

8. He's just made a record with Sting... oh, wait. Sorry, I screwed up here. I have this other list called "The Only Cool Thing About Sting" and Robert Downey Jr.'s on it.

9. One of the greatest movie quotes ever, as RoDo said in Back to School: "Violent ground-acquisition games such as football are in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war."

10. Did a movie with Molly Ringwald and lived to tell about it.

We love you, Robert. Make us proud of ya.