Top 55 Quotes by Tim Robbins

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

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.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.