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
You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'
Reality: What a concept!
Avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason boys - to woo women - and in that endeavor, laziness will not do.
Comedy is acting out optimism.
I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
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?
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
What some folks call impossible is just stuff they haven't seen before.
Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.
I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.
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!'