Tim Robbins Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 16, 1958

Topics

LifePeopleThinkAmericanMovies

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Maya Angelou

FuturePastPresentBurdenPrejudice

Could you imagine me and the roasters taking on the GOP field? It would be the greatest show ever. Prove that you can take a joke. Prove that you're a man or woman of the people. Prove that you're not above criticism even in the form of a backhanded compliment.

Jeff Ross

WomanManPeopleMeCriticismYou

Women are degraded by the propensity to enjoy the present moment, and, at last, despise the freedom which they have not sufficient virtue to struggle to attain.

Mary Wollstonecraft

WomenFreedomMomentStruggleEnjoy

Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to be moving toward a crisis or climax, it has no true protagonist, and it's structured less like a TV show or a movie than a soap opera.

Douglas Rushkoff

MovingWritingGameThinkBadTrue

'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people. It's a movie that they cherish. and I feel very welcomed and accepted by people because of that.

Dennis Christopher

GreatExperiencePeopleFeelKind

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'

Christina Aguilera

FighterFansBottleEvenGenieWere

Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle.

Christoph Waltz

TodayTomorrowSparkleYouSpecial

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

Annette Funicello

MeDisabilityWayWheelchairCane

The influence of a high school coach can be so powerful.

Scottie Pippen

SchoolInfluenceHigh SchoolPowerful

If you're lucky to have three close people in your life, you're blessed.

Tiger Woods

LifePeopleBlessedYouThreeLucky

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.

Norman Granz

PeopleTelevisionCountryReaction

The remarks about my reaching the age of Social Security and coming to the end of the road, they jolted me. And that was good. Because I sure as hell had no intention of just sitting around for the rest of my life. So I'd whip out the paints and really go to it.

Norman Rockwell

LifeGoodAgeMeRoadRest

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