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
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.
It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.
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.
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 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.
There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.
I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.
If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.
When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.
I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
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.
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.
I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.
I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.