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I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.
Tim Robbins
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I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.
Tim Robbins
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To the world you may be just one person but to one person you may be the world
The road to finding 'the one' is paved with a bit of promiscuity.
Tim Robbins
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I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
Tim Robbins
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My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
Tim Robbins
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You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
Tim Robbins
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I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
Tim Robbins
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Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.
Tim Robbins
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There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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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
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Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
Tim Robbins
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There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.
Tim Robbins
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When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?
Tim Robbins
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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
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I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.
Tim Robbins
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I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.
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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
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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.
Tim Robbins
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Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.
Tim Robbins
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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
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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.
Tim Robbins
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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
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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.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.
Tim Robbins
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I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.
Tim Robbins
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If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.
Tim Robbins
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I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.
Tim Robbins
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There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.
Tim Robbins
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Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.
Tim Robbins
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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.
Tim Robbins
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My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.
Tim Robbins
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I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.
Tim Robbins
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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
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In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when 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.
Tim Robbins
