Quotes By Tim Robbins

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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