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Tim Robbins

"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

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"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

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"The thing I hate most in acting is asking permission to do things. What you really want to do is say, 'This is my need; this is what's going to get me further; this is what's going to be alive. I don't ever say, 'Do you mind if...?' I just come in and do it."

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