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
After I quit drinking, I realized I am the same asshole I always was; I just have fewer dents in my car.
You have to break in half to love somebody.
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
We Americans, we're a simple people . . . but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities.
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.
Golf is one of the few sports where a white man can dress like a black pimp and not look bad.
I'm looking for Miss Right, or at least Miss Right Now
It never fails - you get in the bath and there's a rub at the lamp
What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees
Three wishes - no substitutes, exchanges or refunds
They say our mothers really know how to push our buttons - because they installed them
When you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things.
My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flushes
When I find out a hotel doesn't have a DSL, it's like "What? There's no toilet?" Once you get used to high speed you ain't going back