Robin Williams

Comedian

1951-07-21 – 2014-08-11

Robin Williams was an American actor and comedian known for improvisational performance and acclaimed film roles. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting.

Quotes by Robin Williams

Death is nature's way of saying, —Your table is ready.
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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.
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I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.
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See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
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See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time.
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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.
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Death is nature's way of saying, —Your table is ready.
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I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.
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I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.
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We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
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You'll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks.
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Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'
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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.
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The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
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It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.
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I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.
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I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.
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My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.
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I bought one of the first Nintendo systems and brought that home, and we were playing 'Legend of Zelda' at the time, and it was addicting, and I was playing it for hours and hours and hours.
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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.
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