Clowning Quotes by Tim Robbins

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.

— Tim Robbins

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…

— Tim Robbins

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

— Tim Robbins

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

— Tim Robbins

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

— Tim Robbins

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

— Tim Robbins

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

— Tim Robbins

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…

— Tim Robbins

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

— Tim Robbins

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all…

— Tim Robbins

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

— Tim Robbins

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

— Tim Robbins

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something…

— Tim Robbins

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I…

— Tim Robbins

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

— Tim Robbins