Robert Downey Jr. has said no to an Oscar nomination campaign for his work in “Avengers: Endgame.”

The actor, 54, was asked about not being nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday.

“Because it’s a super hero movie? The performance is excellent, it is a totally believable character,” Howard Stern remarked of Downey Jr., who has played the legendary superhero in 10 Marvel movies since 2008.

Downey responded, “I’m so glad you brought this up because there was some talk about [an Oscar campaign for his work]. And I said, ‘Let’s not.'”

“Doing (the MCU films) was their own reward,” Downey explained. “I don’t know that it’s time or if I am the guy … to have the Academy recognize.”

It’s unclear whether Downey dropped out of the Oscar race or not, but it’s evident the actor has no interest in vying for the award. Downey’s announcement will be disappointing for his “Iron Man” director and Marvel co-star Jon Favreau, who has been lobbying for an Oscar nomination for Downey since the release of “Avengers: Endgame” in April.

Favreau told Variety at the time, “He has my vote for sure. I think he was able to discover and explore dimensions of the character over the course of many, many films, which is a bit of its own category. But I have to say that if you look at, especially how it began and how it ended in his performances between the first one and Endgame, there was a really thoughtful arc to the character, both in his performance and how all the filmmakers contributed to that character.”

In response to Scorsese’s comments about Marvel movies not being “cinema,” Downey was gracious about what may have appeared to be a criticism of his work.

“It’s his opinion,” he told Stern. “I mean, it plays in theaters. I appreciate his opinion because I think it’s like anything: We need all of the different perspectives so we can come to the center and move on.”

Despite the fact that the actor stated that he was not upset by the statements, he did say that Scorsese’s stance “makes no sense.”

“I’ll tell you the truth, I didn’t expect [the Marvel Cinematic Universe] to become what it became and it is this very large, multi-headed Hydra at this point,” Downey said. “I’ve always had other interests, and according to Scorsese, it’s not cinema so I have to take a look at that, you know?”

Downey, of course, has been nominated for an Oscar for various roles, including best actor for Chaplin in 1992 and best supporting actor for Tropic Thunder in 2008.