You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.
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.
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.
When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.
What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.
Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.
There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.
There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.
There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.
![There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/timothy-francis-robbins-145760.jpg)
There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.
There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.
There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.
Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.
Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.
Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.
New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.
My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.
My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.
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'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.
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.
It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.
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.
If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.
If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.
If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.
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.
