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
My favorite thing to do is ride a bicycle. I ride road bikes. And for me, it's mobile meditation.
As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.
The first time I tried organic wheat bread, I thought I was chewing on roofing material
Our job is improving the quality of life, not just delaying death.
I love to ride my bike, which is great aerobics, but also just a great time for me to think, so it's like this terrific double bill.
You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act.
Seize the day. Make your life extraordinary.
We were romantics. We didn't just read poetry. We let it drip from our tongues like honey. Spirits soared. Women swooned, and gods were created, gentlemen. Not a bad way to spend an evening, eh?
Comedy is acting out optimism.
The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings.
Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.
If heaven exists, to know that there's laughs, that would be a great thing...
Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.