If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, 'I don't have that button.' — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
If heaven exists, to know that there's laughs, that would be a great thing. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The world is open for play, [that] everything and everybody is mockable, in a wonderful way. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The dramas for me allow me to explore more behavioral, deeper psychological things. But the comedies obviously allow me to explore the… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised,… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
And you get that little endorphin buzz, it's great. Why do you think Einstein looked like that? I don't think he was… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
[On creating] And you get that little endorphin buzz, it's great. Why do you think Einstein looked like that? I don't think… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public. Once you step on stage you're… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
My childhood was lonely. Both my parents were away a lot, working, and the maid basically raised me. And I think that's… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I did an event in Washington, and it was like we lifted a sea.Immediately after [9/11], there was a stunned shock -… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke.… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Sometimes with a comedy it's just having the instinct of how real you play it and what level you want it. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
On stage you're free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you'd be arrested. — Robin Williams Copy Share
Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing. — Robin Williams Copy Share
What's wrong with death sir? What are we so mortally afraid of? Why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and… — Robin Williams Copy Share
I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund. — Robin Williams Copy Share
We were talking briefly about cocaine... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that! — Robin Williams Copy Share
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself. — Robin Williams Copy Share
But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be. — Robin Williams Copy Share
People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House. — Robin Williams Copy Share
For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out… — Robin Williams Copy Share
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… — Robin Williams Copy Share
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