Quotes 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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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