Robert Rinder Quotes

Robert Rinder

Profession : Judge

Birth : May 31, 1978

I realise I'm known for doing big, very serious cases, but fundamentally, any lawyer will tell you that even the most complex trials come down to the same questions. Are people telling porky pies? Are bank accounts dodgy? Is someone trying to get one over on you? It's my job to listen and then decide.

Robert Rinder

The only thing I knew would make my grandmother more proud than watching my TV courtroom was to see me dressed up in white tie doing the foxtrot.

Robert Rinder

From time to time, I definitely look witheringly, which is why I'm well known.

Robert Rinder

I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room.

Robert Rinder

The reality is that when you're a barrister, you're trained, and you've got ethical structures. You've got to follow the evidence, and that's that.

Robert Rinder

I used to deal with high-profile criminal cases that were covered extensively in the media, and one of the things I quickly appreciated was there was a gulf between what really took place in the middle of a case, the impact on victims, the effect on the police and how they solved crimes, and the way it was reported.

Robert Rinder

I give celebrity my undivided indifference. Now that it's here, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. And people who complain about celebrity and any kind of privilege are, all of them, whinging morons, and they should keep their first-world problems to themselves. I feel very strongly about that.

Robert Rinder

I wish I had a filter; then, I'd suspect, who knows? I'd perhaps have more friends.

Robert Rinder

I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through.

Robert Rinder

When somebody teaches you to love something, you never forget that! It's such a generous thing to do.

Robert Rinder

I really worry about the way in which you, as a celebrity, are disproportionately treated. Frankly, the industry is almost single-handedly designed to interfere with people's moral chemistry.

Robert Rinder

I did a couple of plays at university, badly, where I made friends with Benedict Cumberbatch. When you see someone like him acting, it makes you think there's not much point in doing it yourself.

Robert Rinder

I don't want to be a total moron and be just known as the jazz-handed judge.

Robert Rinder

By the time I finished doing regular practice, most of my work was in international regulatory law, so I was advising foreign governments about their responsibility and roles in things like public inquiries.

Robert Rinder

Ultimately, whenever you have a new opportunity, do it with gusto and fun and be wholly indifferent to what other people think.

Robert Rinder

Would it be a big step forward for the LGBTQI community if there were same-sex couples on 'Strictly?' Do me a favour. Some things ain't politics, and 'Strictly' is one of them.

Robert Rinder

My sexuality, in terms of 'Strictly' or whatever else I do in my life, ought to be as irrelevant as the length of my big toe.

Robert Rinder

There are plenty of organisations making a real difference to the lives of gay people around the country that do need our help, so why undermine the wonder of 'Strictly' by politicising it?

Robert Rinder

The difficulty with American television is it's pot luck.

Robert Rinder

There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible.

Robert Rinder