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
To make fun of an administration, to make fun of anything, Mark Twain said, is the last defense of democracy.
Before the Web, there was just one guy running around saying 'I KNOW!'
Ah...so many pedestrians, so little time...
You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!
If you want to die, don't make a mistake and not quite kill yourself because the medical bills in America are hideous.
I stopped drinking when I had children because I wanted to be awake and aware. I did not want to be going, you know, daddy loves you and then drop my head on the table. I do not want to miss anything that they do or say. It is important to me.
When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
Compassionate conservative, that's like having a gun rack on a Volvo.
Ronald Reagan is the world's largest Muppet.
Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.
You have an internal critic, an internal drive that says, 'OK, you can do more.' Maybe that's what keeps you going.
The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.
On stage you're free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you'd be arrested.
My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding.