Tim Robbins Quotes
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New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.
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Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.
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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.
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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.
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If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.
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Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.
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My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
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Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
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Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.
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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.
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Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
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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.
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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.
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It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.
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I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.
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I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
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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.
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I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.
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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.
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I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
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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.
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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.
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Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.
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Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.