Tim Robbins Quotes

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedomwhen people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

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

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

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

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

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.

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

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

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

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

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

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

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

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

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

There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.

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.

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 want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

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

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.