Quotes by Robin Williams

About Robin Williams:

Robin McLaurin Williams is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. After rising to fame as Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–82), he went on to establish a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting. He was known for his improvisational skills.
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Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Robin Williams

My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled.

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I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.

Robin Williams

I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.

Robin Williams

There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win.

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The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.

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You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

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Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

Robin Williams

Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up and just start talking to you, and you can see the red light on their phone.

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I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.

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In America they really do mythologise people when they die.

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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.

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From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans.

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I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.

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Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

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I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.

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When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'

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You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.

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Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.

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I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was... a large Arctic region covered with ice.

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I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.

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Author Bio

  • NameRobin Williams
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and stand-up comedian
  • AliasesRobin McLaurin Williams
  • BornJuly 21, 1951
  • DiedAugust 11, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionStand-up Comic; Television Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Comedian; Film Producer; Screenwriter
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actor; Golden Globe Award; Emmy Award