Robin Williams Quotes

“Sometimes it’s more noble to tell a small lie than to deliver a painful truth.”

“The things we fear the most have already happened to us.”

“It is hard to find something where you can go off as much as I do in stand-up, but I think stand-up allows me that freedom where you can really go off and have a good time.”

“I always wanted to play a big, black man, but that would cost too much make-up.”

“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.”

“Things that I see in the future. I see... it could be quite incredible if we can master a few problems, like the air and the water thing might be nice. I see governments dissolving these barriers are all falling down for economic reasons. They're all so interbound.”

“The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've lost the muse or - the worst dread - you never had it at all. I went through all that madness early on.”

“I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.”

“I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.”

“I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.”

“It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.”

“Sometimes you got to specifically go out of your way to get into trouble. It's called fun.”

“If you don't keep pushing the limits, you wake up one day and you're the "center square to block."”

“I enjoy that, and the idea of doing small things over a period of time. I think there are certain things you can do for water control in America, because that will be our most precious resource. In America, you pay more for water than you do for gas.”

“Now you can't even carry a nail clipper on a plane. Are they afraid you're going to go..."All right! Give me the plane or the b*tch loses her cuticle." ?”

“I only ever play Vegas one night at a time.”

“Boys, 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.”

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

“The French don't have a baseball team. And if they did, there'd only be a left field, and no one would be safe.”

“Reality: What a concept!”

“Sometimes, keeping track of people. It's always a weird combination of worrying so much about the outside world, and not... you have to be more aware of the inner circle, the folks that matter.”

“When Jonathan Winters died, it was like, 'Oh, man!' I knew he was frail, but I always thought he was going to last longer. I knew him as being really funny, but at the same time, he had a dark side.”

“The only weapon we have is comedy.”

“There's three things in this world that you need: Respect for all kinds of life, a nice bowel movement on a regular basis, and a navy blazer.”

“Comedy is acting out optimism.”