Robin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills[1][2] and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike,[3][4] he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s and rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982).[9] After his first leading film role in Popeye (1980), he starred in several critically and commercially successful films, including The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), The Fisher King (1991), Patch Adams (1998), One Hour Photo (2002), and World’s Greatest Dad (2009).
He also starred in box office successes such as Hook (1991), Aladdin (1992), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Good Will Hunting (1997), and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014).
He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting. He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.
List of quotes
| Do you think God gets stoned? I think so… look at the platypus. |
| Ah, yes, divorce… from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man’s genitals through his wallet. |
| Carpe per diem – seize the check. |
| Cricket is basically baseball on valium. |
| Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason. |
| The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, ‘Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.’ She’s got a baseball bat and yelling, ‘You want a piece of me?’ |
| You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it. |
| You’ll notice that Nancy Reagan never drinks water when Ronnie speaks. |
| Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves? |
| When you look at Prince Charles, don’t you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family? |
| When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, ‘Can I use a lifeline?’ |
| When in doubt, go for the dick joke. |
| What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong. |
| We’ve had cloning in the South for years. It’s called cousins. |
| Comedy is acting out optimism. |
| We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture. |
| I believe Ronald Reagan can make this country what it once was… a large Arctic region covered with ice. |
| The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery. |
| The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. |
| If women ran the world we wouldn’t have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days. |
| I like my wine like my women – ready to pass out. |
| We have a president for whom English is a second language. He’s like ‘We have to get rid of dictators,’ but he’s pretty much one himself. |
| If it’s the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number? |
| I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you. |
| Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose. |
| No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world. |
| People say satire is dead. It’s not dead; it’s alive and living in the White House. |
| Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t cope with drugs. |
| Reality: What a concept! |
| See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time. |
| Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” |
