Robin Williams: Trending quotes

“And people say to me, they say Jesus wasn't Jewish. I say of course he was Jewish. 30 years old, single, lives with his parents. Come on! Work in his father's business, his mom thought he was God's gift! He's Jewish! Give it up!”

Robin Williams

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)

God , People , Moms , Business

“Politicians should wear sponsor jackets like Nascar drivers, then we know who owns them.”

Robin Williams

“Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality.”

Robin Williams

On his role in The Fisher King (1991), as quoted in "Dreams: The Fisher King" (2006) edited by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/fkprod1.htm
Context: Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality. … It's like post-traumatic stress syndrome: Some people respond to traumatic or tragic events by withdrawal; some even create other personalities. Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.

Life , Personality

“You know the difference between a tornado and divorce in the South? Nothing! Somebody's losing a trailer.”

Robin Williams

Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

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

Robin Williams

"Robin Williams on Returning to TV, Getting Sober, and Downsizing in His 60s", Parade (12 September 2013) http://parade.condenast.com/154817/dotsonrader/robin-williams-on-returning-to-tv-getting-sober-and-downsizing-in-his-60s/

Way , Personality

“Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table is ready."”

Robin Williams

As quoted in The Fourth—And by Far the Most Recent—637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1990) edited by Robert Byrne, p, 518

Death , Way , Nature

“People dont fake depression. They fake being okay.”

Robin Williams

“Is it rude to Twitter during sex? To go "omg, omg, wtf, zzz?"”

Robin Williams

Is that rude?
Weapons of Self Destruction (2010)

Sex

“You're only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you're nothing.”

Robin Williams

A Night at the Roxy (1978)

Madness

“I wonder what chairs think about all day: "Oh, here comes another asshole."”

Robin Williams

Reality...What a Concept (1979)

Thinking

“What kind of food did we drop on Afghanistan? Pop-Tarts, peanut butter…just add a Honey Baked Ham and you've got a redneck Christmas. Why are we dropping this food on Afghanistan? Tastes a shit load better than dirt, #1. #2, difficult to have a call to jihad with a mouth full of peanut butter. Thirdly, Afghanistan is a hashish-smoking culture, and anyone who's ever been a friend of the hookah will go, (intense, stoned stare) "Pop-Tarts!"”

Robin Williams

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway (2002)

Food , Hell , Christmas

“I would like to do for you now, a Japanese science fiction movie: "Attack of the Killer Vibrators."”

Robin Williams

Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH7crqRvhhc

Science

“Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.”

Robin Williams

On his role in The Fisher King (1991), as quoted in "Dreams: The Fisher King" (2006) edited by Phil Stubbs http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/fkprod1.htm
Context: Parry is a man with a previous life that was so damaged that he had to create another personality. … It's like post-traumatic stress syndrome: Some people respond to traumatic or tragic events by withdrawal; some even create other personalities. Parry is a creation — somewhat Don Quixote, somewhat Groucho Marx — but he's a creation designed to avoid a past event.

Past

“Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.”

Robin Williams

Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)
Context: I would like to do Shakespeare's only unknown piece, That's the Way I Lick It... It's a bleak night my Lord. Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.... Anon, post-haste, let's get a larger crowd in here. Free Cocaine! There's no luck. Does anyone have drugs to ease my pain? My Kingdom for a Quaalude! … It is the end! I must go, for I cannot come here, and yet, it has been brief, 'tis over, and the lights do turn bright. <!-- You aren't going to help me are you?