"When you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things."
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 17 of 18)
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"It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.'"
"The only weapon we have is comedy."
"With a bike you go from zero to a hundred in terms of mobility."
"It's the same sex all the time."
"My father retired to San Francisco, and I got a chance to know him and be around him. It's always been someplace where everything changed for the better. It's always been a home for me."
"It was kind of a decompression - from straight alcohol to mixed drinks to wine to spritzers - and then you're out."
"Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots."
"My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flushes"
"Cable is not bound because people pay for it. It's literally a choice, that's the operative word. If you don't like the language, if cocksucker offends you, then turn it off."
"I play a lot of computer games. I love computer graphics. I've had Pixar in me for a long time."
"Women are wonderful. They're amazing creatures. You can never learn enough! They're addicting in the most amazing sense."
"That's the formaldehyde. That's why Granny's so well-preserved."
"What kind of man gives cigarettes to trees?"
"You'd think all of these "atypical" somethings would add up to a typical something"
"I couldn't imagine living the way I used to live. Now people come up to me from the drug days and go, 'Hi, remember me?' And I'm going, 'No, did I have sex with you? Did I take a dump in your tool box?'"
"My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like that."
"Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public."
"My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding."
"Women have so many levels. There's the physical level, which is a lot of fun. There's this emotional level, which is extremely mercurial."