Tim Robbins

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

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

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

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

“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 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.”

“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 get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.”

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

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

“I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.”

“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.”

“When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.”

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

“I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.”