Tim Robbins Quotes: top 62 famous quotes about Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins Quotes & Sayings

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

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. — Tim Robbins

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust. — Tim Robbins

I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed. — 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. — Tim Robbins

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

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

It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying. — Tim Robbins

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour. — Tim Robbins

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

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

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport. — Tim Robbins

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

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office. — Tim Robbins

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

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars. — 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. — 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. — Tim Robbins

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. — Tim Robbins

It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham. — Garth Brooks

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. — Tim Robbins

I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer. — Tim Robbins

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

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government. — 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. — Tim Robbins

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

Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great character. — J. Robbins

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. — Tim Robbins

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers. — Tim Robbins

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

I'd really like to do a movie again with Tim Robbins and Clint Eastwood. They were really good guys. — Cayden Boyd

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Tim Robbins

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Tim Robbins

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

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that's more the point. — Tim Robbins

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

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy. — Tim Robbins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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