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ROBIN WILLIAMS You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dan...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I love kids, but they are a tough audience.
ROBIN WILLIAMS I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Z...
ROBIN WILLIAMS Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.
ROBIN WILLIAMS I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was...
ROBIN WILLIAMS When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always though...
ROBIN WILLIAMS A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.
ROBIN WILLIAMS I bought one of the first Nintendo systems and brought that home, and we were playing 'Legend of...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of be...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.
ROBIN WILLIAMS One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter ...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a ...
ROBIN WILLIAMS I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
ROBIN WILLIAMS I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
ROBIN WILLIAMS Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to cre...
ROBIN WILLIAMS Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
ROBIN WILLIAMS Reality: What a concept!
ROBIN WILLIAMS If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?
ROBIN WILLIAMS If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.
ROBIN WILLIAMS What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong.
ROBIN WILLIAMS Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.
ROBIN WILLIAMS The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field...
ROBIN WILLIAMS In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski...
ROBIN WILLIAMS We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
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