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
If we were interested in making money, we wouldn't have become teachers
Is it rude to Twitter during sex? To go "omg, omg, wtf, zzz"? Is that rude?
When I was growing up they used to say, "Robin, drugs can kill you." Now that I'm 58 my doctor's telling me, "Robin, you need drugs to live." I realize now that my doctor is also my dealer...
There's this thing called freebasing. It's not free, it costs you your home. It should be called 'homebasing'.
You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.
I stopped drinking when I had children because I wanted to be awake and aware. I did not want to be going, you know, daddy loves you and then drop my head on the table. I do not want to miss anything that they do or say. It is important to me.
You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!
Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.
When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
We were talking briefly about cocaine... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!
Ah...so many pedestrians, so little time...
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'
Golf is one of the few sports where a white man can dress like a black pimp and not look bad.