Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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
Boring
More
Talk
Related Quotes:
" 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
Down
Saying
Any
" 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
Project
You
Difficult
" I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides. "
Tim Robbins
Who
Both Sides
Myself
" I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night. "
Tim Robbins
Long
Eight
Compromised
" 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
Me
Getting
Feet
" 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
Wise
Growth
Long
" New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation. "
Tim Robbins
Encourage
Young
Theater
" There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers. "
Tim Robbins
Dumb
Politicians
" Americans accept that gangsters are running the government. "
Tim Robbins
Accept
Running
Gangsters
" 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
Gifted
Think
Lot
" I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake? "
Tim Robbins
Going
Scared
Vote
" I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media. "
Tim Robbins
Get
Media
Play
" There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy. "
Tim Robbins
Sexy
Theory
Relationship
" I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost. "
Tim Robbins
Cost
Love
People
" I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. "
Tim Robbins
History
More
Philosophy
" American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information. "
Tim Robbins
Right
People
Evil
" 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
Become
Temper
Someone
" Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. "
Tim Robbins
Doing
Imagination
Soldiers
" Every man dies. Not every man lives. "
Tim Robbins
Lives
Man
Dies
" 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
Yourself
You
Free
" 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
Real
Intelligence
Good
" I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large. "
Tim Robbins
Used
Large
Society
" I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things. "
Tim Robbins
Remember
Who
Bad
" Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust. "
Tim Robbins
Wrong
Someone
Doing
" I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun. "
Tim Robbins
Lighting
Acting
Box
" There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country. "
Tim Robbins
Conservative
Country
Hearts
" 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
Hit
Wrong
Neighborhood
" I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches. "
Tim Robbins
Marches
Sports Fan
Sports
" My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective. "
Tim Robbins
Me
Father
Baby
" 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
Blue
Blood
Like