"I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out."
Robin Williams
Actor, Comedian
Robin Williams was a celebrated actor and comedian known for his improvisational skills and heartfelt performances in films like 'Good Will Hunting'.
- Born
- July 21, 1951
- Died
- August 11, 2014
- Quotes
- 360
- Rank
- #376
Quote collection
Robin Williams quotes (page 10 of 18)
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"Montovani? They play Montovani to insomniacs that don't respond to strong drugs"
"I love kids, but they are a tough audience."
"The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness."
"The idea of having a steady job is appealing."
"Look at airport security now. What started out as definite racial profiling is now where the computer picks a name. That's why you get a seven-month-old getting a pat down. [Imitates a security officer.] "Check the diapers. They're full.""
"We're dealing with fundamentalists... the Amish are fundamentalists, but they don't try and hijack a carriage at needlepoint. And, if you're ever in Amish country and you see a man with his hand buried in a horse's ass, that's a mechanic. Remember that."
"I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way."
"It's been a tough year. . . Someone said I should send out Buddhist thank-you cards since Buddhists believe that anything that challenges you makes you pull yourself together."
"I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people."
"Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma."
"Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing."
"Being a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio."
"I met Jonah Lomu. I never knew how huge he was. I felt like a peasant in a Godzilla movie. 'Quickly! Tell the other villagers! We go now!'"
"As intellectual as we think we are, you still trip, we still have human foibles, sexuality, all the different things to still make you aware of your humanity."
"Women! Can't live with 'em, can't live with 'em!"
"Mickey Mouse to a three-year-old is a six-foot-tall RAT!"
"The world is open for play, that everything and everybody is mockable, in a wonderful way."
"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal."
"It's always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it."