Quotes By Tim Robbins
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.
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
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
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 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
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
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
If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.
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 view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.
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'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 learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
Tim Robbins
Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.
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 love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.
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
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
My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.
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