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I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.

~Robin Williams

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Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly.

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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 as more than a movie.

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When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'

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Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

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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, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

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One of my favourite actors of all time, although he doesn't necessarily play villains, is Peter Lorre.

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I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.

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When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.

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The idea of Juilliard was that it would give you this toolbox full of skills that you could take with you and apply to anything.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: July 21st, 1951

Died: August 11th, 2014

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