MILES ROBBINS
Actor and Musician
Having Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon as parents, and Mulder and Scully as onscreen parents, leaves a big legacy to live up to, but the actor and musician is stepping out with confidence in Halloween, Blockers, and this year’s Control Freak.
IF YOU COULD ATTRIBUTE YOUR SUCCESS TO A SINGLE QUALITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Luck. Being economically supported by my parents in my early 20s while living at home in New York and being afforded the chance to practice art and submit myself to opportunities. I have qualities I am more proud of, but as far as “success,” it would be insane to not acknowledge the advantage economic support gives a young person in the arts. Making a living in the arts is not a pure meritocracy; it is a matter of being good enough to be in the right place at the right time. And it is very hard for a young person in this country to practice art in school or have the opportunity to go to auditions at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday when they must work several jobs to afford the skyrocketing cost of living. I want nothing more than a more equitable economy in this country. This would give us a chance to hear from the many brilliant artists who are currently restrained by the excessive demands of an exploitative system.
“I want to see more $3 million budgets given to little freaks.”
WHAT DO YOU WANT NEXT FOR YOURSELF ABOVE ALL ELSE? I’m hoping that I may soon have the opportunity to achieve my dream of selling out. I specifically would like to be the spokesperson for a seltzer company, and to appear in a commercial in which I drive a bubble bus (public transportation is very important to me). If any seltzer companies are reading this, I am thinking: “Next Stop, Refreshment!” You don’t have to pay me for writing the copy, thanks.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF IN YOUR INDUSTRY? LESS OF? I want to see more $3 million budgets given to little freaks.
WHAT’S COMING UP FOR YOU IN 2025? I just got a driver’s license for the first time in my life. I thought it might give me some sort of second teen awakening full of spontaneous independent travel in an old, beautiful car with the windows down—but I will more likely be using a convenient, economical 2017 hatchback to help my friends transport chairs and instruments.
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