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Robin Williams
American
Comedian
Born:
Jul 21
,
1951
Died:
Aug 11
,
2014
Me
People
Sometimes
Time
Work
You
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Groucho Marx
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A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.
Robin Williams
Good
Great
Morning
Good Morning
Guys
Like
Lot
Get
Vietnam
Letters
In America they really do mythologise people when they die.
Robin Williams
People
America
Die
Really
I love kids, but they are a tough audience.
Robin Williams
Love
Tough
Kids
Audience
I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.
Robin Williams
Hurt
Cycling
Everything
Running
Born
Loved
Much
Sudden
Started
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.
Robin Williams
Problems
Fans
Aggressive
Action
Stars
Other
More
Point
Point Of View
Like
Attract
Comedians
Schwarzenegger
Than
Being
Movie
Movie Stars
Public
View
Radar
Less
Action Movie
Actor
The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke. Don't tell me jokes - I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction.
Robin Williams
Me
Jokes
People
Sometimes
Old
Evil
Joke
Every
Approaches
Say
Tell
Bad
About
Someone
Bad Thing
Weirdest
Like
Comedian
Also
Reaction
Provoke
Get
Being
Famous
Then
Sarcastic
Even
Now
Now And Then
Thing
Things
In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.
Robin Williams
You
Comedy
Laughter
Looking
Other
Side
Out
Find
Occasionally
Rock
Doing
Process
Deeply
Here
Honest
Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
Robin Williams
Character
You
Enter
Ability
Gives
Another
Person
Different
Create
Acting
Cricket is basically baseball on valium.
Robin Williams
Cricket
Baseball
Basically
In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.
Robin Williams
Character
You
Man
Humanity
Despises
Secret
Secret Agent
Admired
Some
Mail
Open
Making
Chemist
Want
Fan
Fan Mail
Which
Agent
Really
Theodore
Who
Bombs
Basically
Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.
Robin Williams
You
Money
Sometimes
Make
Movie
You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.
Robin Williams
You
People
Everyone
Monty
Monty Python
Finish
Python
Like
Knows
Any
Shorthand
Routine
Start
I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.
Robin Williams
Great
Men
Young
Both
Writers
Had
Knew
Talented
Were
Matt
Matt Damon
Affleck
Young Men
Really
Chops
Actor
Ben
Ben Affleck
I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.
Robin Williams
Dance
Well
Snakes
I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
Robin Williams
School
Too Much
Too
Way
High
High School
Driven
Maybe
Loved
Much
Really
The idea of Juilliard was that it would give you this toolbox full of skills that you could take with you and apply to anything.
Robin Williams
You
Would
Give
Could
Take
Idea
Juilliard
Anything
Skills
Full
Apply
I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
Robin Williams
Great
Strange
Dark
Think
Weirdly
Personal
Stories
You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.
Robin Williams
You
People
Dangerous
Better
Will
Otherwise
Idea
Forget
Working
Keep
I've had a lot of people tell me they watched 'Old Dogs' with their kids and had a good time.
Robin Williams
Time
Good
Me
People
Old
Good Time
Kids
Tell
Had
Dogs
Lot
Watched
I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
Robin Williams
Character
Man
Character Actor
Minute
Only
Leading
Leading Man
Now
Actor
I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.
Robin Williams
People
Enjoy
Easier
Performing
Armed
Georgia
Than
Going
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.
Robin Williams
Me
Guess
Out
Never
Been
Celebrity
Get
Just
Asked
Professional
Appear
Here
When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.
Robin Williams
Work
Home
Find
Juilliard
Acting
I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.
Robin Williams
Time
Difficult
Kind
Slowly
Fades
Accent
Doing
Irish
Scottish
Even
Even Now
Now
Difficult Time
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