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
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.
Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.
I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.
I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.
There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.
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.
American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.
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.
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.
If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.
I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.
There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.
I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.