Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis "Tim" Robbins is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, activist and musician. He is well known for his portrayal of Andy Dufresne in the prison drama film The Shawshank Redemption. His other roles include Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham, Jacob Singer in Jacob's Ladder, Griffin Mill in The Player, and Dave Boyle in Mystic River, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for directing films such as Dead Man Walking...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 October 1958
CityWest Covina, CA
CountryUnited States of America
My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
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 learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.
When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.
As we applaud the hard-edged realism of the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, we cringe at the thought of seeing the same on the nightly news.We are told it would be pornographic.
I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?
Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.
I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer.
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.
In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedomwhen people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.
If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.
Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.