Tim Robbins Quotes

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.

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

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

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.

There’s the theory that nudity doesn’t really make something s*xy; the characters and their relationship make it s*xy.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.