Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurin Williamswas an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, singer and voice artist. Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. After rising to fame as Mork in Mork & Mindy, Williams went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 July 1951
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer - you can do it, just not as well as the others, really.
As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.
My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it's mobile meditation.
I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're licensed to do that. It's an understood relationship. You walk on stage - it's your job.
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.
Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.
Decaf is like masturbating with an oven mitt!
There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.
Canada is like a loft apartment over a really great party.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.
Do you think God gets stoned? I think so ... look at the platypus.
I have no desire to go anywhere near drugs. People say, "Aren't you tempted?" No, because of the ridiculousness of it.