“I saw that there were people who tried to draw a parallel between what happened and the film where Bob Roberts stages an assassination attempt to try to get elected. I felt deeply offended because they are two completely different things.” He said Tim Robbinsduring a press conference in Catanzaro, answering a question about some parallels between the attack on Trump and his film “Bob Roberts”: Robbins is in Calabria to attend the Magna Graecia Film Festival, which features the American actor, director and musician among the guests of honor.
According to Robbins, “there are people moved by hatred on both sides, there is no longer the capacity for empathy and compassion. There is a dangerous and torn situation, what I long for is that we can return to a condition in which, even if we do not agree on political issues, in any case there is a form of mutual understanding or exchange because the final result is not beautiful or positive and I for one would not want to live in a world like that. It is extremely important to understand – concluded the actor – that we are not experts but we must continue to be students and understand what we do not yet know by drawing it from the experience of others”.
“In the US, you used to retire at 65,” Robbins said, “and I asked myself: what can I retire from? And I decided to retire from campaigning for political candidates. Instead of doing this, I’ll do something else.” When reporters asked him a specific question about Kamala Harris, Robbins responded as follows: “I said I was retiring from political and electoral campaigns, I think you should ask the inmates in California and hear what they think about it. Mine – added Tim Robbins – is a no comment.”
“With ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ 30 years ago I rode the last creative period of Hollywood. Even now, good films are being made with many artists, but getting financing is increasingly difficult if there are no action scenes and superheroes. I – continued Robbins – have many stories to tell but I have yet to meet the billionaire who gives me the money”.