Tim Robbins Quotes

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

To the world you may be just one person but to one person you may be the world The road to finding 'the one' is paved with a bit of promiscuity.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.

If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.

I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.

When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic.