Quotes from Tim Robbins

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

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.

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport.

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.

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

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.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

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.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

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.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

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.

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.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

We waste time searching for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

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.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

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.