Tim Robbins

Yeah, it's very nice.

It's very nice.

It's...

I was joking with a friend of mine, because we were out about three or four times.

Someone came up about Shawshank.

And they were like, does that bother you?

I said, not at all.

Because you know what would bother me?

Is if I got famous for a movie where I played Kooky MacGoober.

That would really bother me.

Yeah, yeah.

That would be horrible, that would be a nightmare.

But as it is, this is something, this is a movie that really moved people.

I think we all want to believe that despite the challenges we have in our lives, the obstacles that are placed in front of us, that there is a spot on a beach in Zihuatanejo for us.

I think that prison can be a metaphor.

for other things in life.

There's many people that are in jobs that they, you know, have to have but are not particularly liberating, shall we say.

There's people in relationships that they should be out of.

And I think there's various ways that we can close walls around ourselves in our life and imprison ourselves mentally and emotionally.

And I think the idea that Andy had the long plan and could see a future that was brighter, I think that's something that people want to believe in.