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Robin McLaurin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. He was an American actor and comedian who was known for his fast-paced improvisational skills and diverse film performances. Robin landed his first own television show, Mork and Mindy and played the role of the alien Mork in the sitcom. Through his skills, Robin won an Academy Award for best supporting actor in โGood Will Huntingโ and is considered as one of the best comedians of all time.
Robin Williams Quotes
โThe Second Amendment! It says you have the right to bear arms, or the right to arm bears, whatever the hell you want to do!โ
A Night at the Met (1986)
โMind not my words โ Let the play be the thing. Iโll get back forth and touch myself anon.โ
RealityโฆWhat a Concept (1979)
โDeath is natureโs way of saying, โYour table is ready.โ
As quoted in The FourthโAnd by Far the Most Recentโ637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1990) edited by Robert Byrne, p, 518
โIโve always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.โ
โThere were a lot of doctors in rehab. Itโs rather like being in a fat farm with nutritionists.โ
quoted in http://www.metro.co.uk 29 December 2006 โQuotes of the Yearโ
โThank you. How-DY! Whoops, wrong opera house. How do you like the play, Mr. Lincoln? Duck!โ
A Night at the Met (1986)
โAnd if you want a linguistic adventure, go drinking with a Scotsman. โCause you canโt fuckinโ understand them before!โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โYouโre only given a little spark of madness. You mustnโt lose it.โ
โMy favorite athletes of any Olympics are always the African distance runners. You never have to drug test an African distance runner.โ
Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)
โAnd thatโs when you realize that God gave you a penis and a brain and only enough blood to run one at a time.โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โCocaine is Godโs way of saying youโre making too much money.โ
in New York Magazine 31 August 1981
โComedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.โ
โI would like to do for you now, a Japanese science fiction movie: โAttack of the Killer Vibrators.โโ
Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)
โBeing a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer: You can do it, just not as well as the others, really.โ
Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)
โWe were talking briefly about cocaineโฆ yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!โ
A Night at the Met (1986)
โIโd like to start the show by showing you something Iโm very proud of. Youโll have to step back though.โ
โWhatโs my credibility? Why are they looking to me for advice? Isnโt there someone more qualified?โ
Hew York Times (November 2009)
โDubya doesnโt speak while Cheneyโs drinking water. Check that shit out.โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โYou appreciate little things, like walks on the beach with a defibrillator.โ
Hew York Times (November 2009)
โMind not my words- let the play be the thing. Iโll get back forth and touch myself anon.โ
โI went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.โ
Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)
โThere were a lot of doctors in rehab. Itโs rather like being in a fat farm with nutritionists.โ
quoted in http://www.metro.co.uk 29 December 2006 โQuotes of the Yearโ
โAnd thatโs when you realize that God gave you a penis and a brain and only enough blood to run one at a time.โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โAnything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.โ
โMichael is claiming racism, and Iโm like, โHoney, you gotta pick a race first!โ What are you claiming, mistreatment of elves? What are you saying?โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โThe sound crapped out for a bit, thatโs why Iโm using SupposiSound! No one wants their tapes back, I wonder why.โ
A Night at the Met (1986)
โThe great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.โ
โBaby caca is like Kryptonite to a father. Even the dog says, You donโt rub his face in it.โ
Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)
โI wonder what chairs think about all day: โOh, here comes another asshole.โโ
โRealityโฆ What a Conceptโ. Live comedy album by Robin Williams, 1979.
โI donโt practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.โ
โAs an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.โ
โRobin Williams: Weapons of Self Destructionโ. TV Special, http://www.imdb.com . December 6, 2009
โI thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.โ
1982 Interview in Playboy.
โItโs frightening and exhilarating. Itโs like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesnโt.โ
โYou donโt need cocaine! Thereโs another way to get real high, and really mess your mind up, itโs called marathon running!โ
โRobin Williams: Live at the Metโ. Documentary, http://www.imdb.com . October 11, 1986.
โPeople would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, โI donโt have that button.โโ
โRD Interview: Robin Williams, in His Own Wordsโ. Interview with Andy Simmons, http://www.rd.com . 2006.
โBeing in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.โ
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