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Quotes by Tim Robbins

A chill wind is blowing in this nation.
– Tim Robbins
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
– Tim Robbins
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.
– Tim Robbins
Every man dies. Not every man lives.
– Tim Robbins
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.
– Tim Robbins
I just have this unnatural fascination with Elvis. I guess it reminds me of how important perspective is. You know, watch out or you might wind up wearing really silly costumes with Hawaiian leis.
– Tim Robbins
I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.
– 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'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.
– Tim Robbins
I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.
– 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
In Los Angeles I've been stopped and had my car searched. Why? Because of the fictitious war on drugs that we are fighting. The emotional issue of the drug war is used to justify taking away civil rights.
– Tim Robbins
My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
– Tim Robbins
Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.
– Tim Robbins
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.
– Tim Robbins
Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.
– Tim Robbins
There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy the characters and their relationship make it sexy.
– Tim Robbins
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
– 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
I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.
– 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
I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.
– 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
I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
– Tim Robbins
I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
– Tim Robbins
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.
– Tim Robbins