Robin Williams Quotes
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The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
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I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
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Comedy is acting out optimism.
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In America they really do mythologise people when they die.
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In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really want to open. This is a man who is a chemist and who specializes in making bombs and despises humanity.
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My mother's idea of natural childbirth was giving birth without makeup. She was hyper-positive - the world is a wonderful place, rainbows and unicorns. If you said anything contrary to her, you were basically exiled.
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You’re still young. Being a true loser takes years of inaptitude.
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From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans.
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The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
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Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it ‘all the money’ but they changed it to alimony.
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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 is to end up with people who make you feel alone.
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Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
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I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there.
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Gentlemen, haven’t we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.
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The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
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You must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.
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I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
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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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Reality: What a concept!
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You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.
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What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong.
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Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.
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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. Don't tell me jokes - I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction.
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I basically started performing for my mother, going, 'Love me!' What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person.