Comedy Quotes by Robin Williams

Comedy pays the bills if I can't find a film.

— Robin Williams

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

— Robin Williams

We're not laughing at you - we're laughing near you

— Robin Williams

The only weapon we have is comedy.

— Robin Williams

Comedy is acting out optimism.

— Robin Williams

My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding.

— Robin Williams

Stand-up is the place where you can do things that you could never do in public.

— Robin Williams

People would say I never censor. As Billy Crystal says, 'I don't have that button.'

— Robin Williams

If heaven exists, to know that there's laughs, that would be a great thing.

— Robin Williams

Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal.

— Robin Williams

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

— Robin Williams

I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.

— Robin Williams

If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.

— Robin Williams

Sometimes with a comedy it's just having the instinct of how real you play it and what level you want it.

— Robin Williams

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

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

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

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

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

The dramas for me allow me to explore more behavioral, deeper psychological things. But the comedies obviously allow me to explore the…

— Robin Williams

From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like…

— Robin Williams

I was once on a German talk show, and this woman said to me, 'Mr. Williams, why do you think there is…

— Robin Williams

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

I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on…

— Robin Williams

The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke.…

— Robin Williams

You look at the world and see how scary it can be sometimes and still try to deal with the fear. Comedy…

— Robin Williams

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

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

For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It…

— Robin Williams

Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.

— Robin Williams

The world is open for play, [that] everything and everybody is mockable, in a wonderful way.

— Robin Williams

The truth is, if anything, I'm probably addicted to laughter.

— Robin Williams

Men wearing pants so tight that you can tell what religion they are.

— Robin Williams

[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

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