Robin Williams Quotes

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Robin Williams

Profession : Comedian

Birth : July 21, 1951

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.

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One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.

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I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there.

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I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.

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With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people.

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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.

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Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.

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The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do all the work. Not a bad way to cash a large check, my friend.

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We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.

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The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.

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I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.

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Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.

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I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.

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