Quotes from Tim Robbins

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.

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.

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.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

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.

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

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.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

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

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

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.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

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

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

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.

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.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

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.