Tim Robbins Quotes

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed... view

By: Tim Robbins

I'm not gangly.. view

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked... view

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars... view

By: Tim Robbins

Every man dies. Not every man lives... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug... view

By: Tim Robbins

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown... view

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government... view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office... view

By: Tim Robbins

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... view

By: Tim Robbins

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy.. view

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins

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

By: Tim Robbins