Tim Robbins - Actor, Director

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 20 September 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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EPISODE 47 - TIM ROBBINS - Actor, Director

Team Deakins has a great conversation with actor, director (and punk rocker, as you learn in the episode!), Tim Robbins (MYSTIC RIVER, THE PLAYER, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, DEAD MAN WALKING). Tim shares a lot of his thoughts on acting, the importance of “generous actors” and how fame can lead you astray. We learn about overcoming the temptation to take a job for the wrong reasons and the importance of patience when choosing your work. He tells us about his experience of working with Bob Altman, Clint Eastwood and Ron Shelton. We talk about his directing experiences and how directing made him a better actor. The movie “Easy Rider” even comes into the discussion! A fascinating conversation you won’t want to miss!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deacons podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between
0:11.0	Roger and James Deacons often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:16.4	It's very informal and we never know where it will go.
0:20.4	We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:25.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing pod,
0:31.0	POD at Roger Deacons.com
0:35.8	This episode is sponsored by Ari, a company trusted by the world's top
0:40.4	filmmakers and known for its innovative advances.
0:44.0	2020 marks the 10th year of the Alexa, an industry standard for digital cameras.
0:50.0	This episode of the Team Deacon's podcast supported by Company 3, the world's leading post-production group dedicated to collaborating with both emerging and established filmmakers.
1:04.0	Today we have a guest who has spanned many roles,
1:10.0	actor, director, producer, writer, there'll be a lot to talk about.
1:15.0	He's a friend of ours and we've had the pleasure of working with him three times,
1:19.0	two as an actor and one as a director.
1:22.0	His many credits include Bulldurum, Shawshank Redemption, Hudsucker proxy, Dark Waters, Bob Roberts, and Dead Man Walking. We're pleased to welcome Tim Robbins with us today. Thank you, Tim, for joining us.
1:36.5	Thank you, James. Thanks for having me. I think we'll start with our normal question,
1:42.1	which is, what was your path to get to where you are now today
1:46.2	Is it something you always knew you wanted to do or did you have a lot of side roads along the way?
1:52.0	I knew pretty early on that I wanted to show off. I wasn't sure.
1:57.0	I wasn't sure which profession. It was originally the choices were astronaut cowboy and baseball player but none of those
2:09.2	panned out so I found acting around age 12.
2:13.6	I started acting in a street theater company
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