Tim Robbins Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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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.”
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“What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.”
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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 ***** as a dangerous drug.”
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“I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.”
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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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“I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.”
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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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“When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.”
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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.”
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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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“It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.”
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“There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.”
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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.”
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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.”
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“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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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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“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.”
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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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“There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.”
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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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“I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.”
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“I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.”
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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 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.”
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“Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.”
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“I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.”
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“There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.”
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