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Robin Williams describes humor as both a shield and a weapon that makes others laugh. He says satire is still alive, even in the White House. He also recalls odd moments, like meeting people from his drug days and shooting movies in New York, which he calls a character.

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I've had a lot of people tell me they watched 'Old Dogs' with their kids and had a good time.

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

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You can start any 'Monty Python' routine and people finish it for you. Everyone knows it like shorthand.

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Gentiles are people who eat mayonnaise for no reason.

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We Americans, we're a simple people . . . but piss us off, and we'll bomb your cities.

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What's true in our minds is true, whether some people know it or not.

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In America they really do mythologise people when they die.

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Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

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Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are…

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All the new people you meet, it's pretty amazing. The vampire needs new blood. And there is still a lot to learn…

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I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a movie that people treated…

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“I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life…

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I couldn't imagine living the way I used to live. Now people come up to me from the drug days and go,…

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There are times when life's just real quiet and simple. I sometimes get tired of people saying, "Well, what are you really…

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

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There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold…

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The little idiosyncrasies that only I know about: that's what made her my wife. Oh she had the goods on me too,…

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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…

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Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up…

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In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's…

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

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There was an old, crazy dude who used to live a long time ago. His name was Lord Buckley. And he said,…

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A Pentagon official once said the people who would actually push the button probably have never seen a person die. He said…

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

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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.

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In America, they really do mythologize people when they die.

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People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

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Good people end up in Hell because they can't forgive themselves.

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I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.

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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.

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You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no,…

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Sometimes, keeping track of people. It's always a weird combination of worrying so much about the outside world, and not... you have…

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Shooting in New York is the shiznit, if I may be so bold. It was great. New York is a character. People…

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Don't associate yourself with toxic people. It's better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate…

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

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I have no desire to go anywhere near drugs. People say, "Aren't you tempted?" No, because of the ridiculousness of it.

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With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting…

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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…

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I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life…

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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely…

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On stage you're free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you'd be arrested.

Humor is a great defense, and an offense too. Usually the recipient isn't too happy about it, but the people around are laughing.

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…

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

I had sex with a prostitute when I was 21, I was so bad, she gave me a refund.

We were talking briefly about cocaine... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!

In America they really do mythologise people when they die.

I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.

I was a serious method actor until I visited this site.

I'm history! No, I'm mythology! Nah, I don't care what I am, I'm free!

But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

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

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

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…