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
Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.
Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.
Here's the best birth control in the whole world, if you really, if you have no pills, if you have no diaphragm, if you have no other form of contraception. Use it for ladies, if he comes at you with that little thing in his hand, just laugh at it. They can't deal with it, OK, it'll be gone.
You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy can deal with the fear and still not paralyze you or tell you that it's going away. You say, OK, you got certain choices here, you can laugh at them and then once you've laughed at them and you have expunged the demon, now you can deal with them. That's what I do when I do my act.
If heaven exists, to know that there's laughs, that would be a great thing...
Steve was that little boy in 'Deliverance' who played the banjo,
I'm going to go to Kennebunkport and see if they respond any quicker!
We show-ed a lot of intensity on defense early. But we missed one of our point guards who is the spark for our defense.
We wanted a name that was fun and different and something people would remember. Foundation board member Betty McCain suggested Winter Solstice, and we went with that.
I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
After a while, you just kind of chill. It just becomes a whole different lifestyle and no one bothers you.
The brightest light has gone out. We will forever celebrate her loving spirit.
a weird combination of isolation and connection and disconnection; discomfort and awkwardness.