“I said, 'Well yeah, he's actually in the film. You know, there's clips of him in the film, but it also could be about, you know, the Gore Vidal character, too. It could be about why change doesn't happen.’”

Tim Robbins · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19

Robbins recalled how he answered journalists' questions about whether 'Bob Roberts' was about then-President George H.W. Bush.