Robert Downey Jr. dishes on the end of Iron Man and leaving the door open for more

All things end, but when it comes to Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's extra hard to let go.

Robert Downey Jr. visited Today on Wednesday to talk about his upcoming turn in Dolittle, and host Hoda Kotb had to ask — is he sad about Iron Man's end?

“Now that I’m middle-aged, to be honest, you start looking at the back nine and you go, ‘Oh, this is part of the journey as you…that things end.’ You know, everyone is going somewhere,” Downey replied.

That may be true as of Avengers: Endgame (and the sadder parts of Spider-Man: Far From Home), but Kotb pointed out that things — movie franchises in particular — rarely end these days.

"Everyone keeps cracking a door open saying, ‘Maybe?’" she pointed out. "Are you keeping it cracked open?”

“Those might be — what do they call it? — the stages of grief?" Downey replied. "I’m not sure...I am so pleased, just that, I wound up where I have. I’m very fortunate so, I’m not the kind of guy who — I want to try to keep it classy. We’ll see.”

Dolittle hits theaters Jan. 17.