Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Robin Williams Quotes
Work PressureFear of IrrelevanceDanger You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.
LonelinessRelationshipBelonging 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.
ComedyAngerOutrageHypocrisyAbsurdity For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even within yourself, where it's hardest to see.
ComedyEnvironmentObservationProgression Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to play off of. And it's a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you're playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics.
ChangeAdaptabilityRoleGrowthAcceptance I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
FoodHumorDisgust 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.
SkillsEducationVersatility 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.
SchoolEducationAchievementDrive I loved school, maybe too much, really. I was summa cum laude in high school. I was driven that way.
DarknessStrangenessPersonal I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal.
DancingSelf-deprecationHumor My style is bad white-boy dancing. I can do swing a little bit, but nothing beyond that. My solo dancing is sad. I use my arms, badly.
DeathLossFrailtyHumorDuality 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.
PositivityOptimism 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.
HumorSarcasmPoliticsMedia When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?'
CollaborationCreationCommunity Being in the same room with people and creating something together is a good thing.
Video GamesAddictionNostalgia I bought one of the first Nintendo systems and brought that home, and we were playing 'Legend of Zelda' at the time, and it was addicting, and I was playing it for hours and hours and hours.
HumorCreativityMovie Ideas I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.
CritiquePerspectiveAvoidance 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.
TalentActingWritingRecognition I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops.
FamePublic InteractionAnnoyanceProvocation 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.
Women's LeadershipPeaceNegotiation If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.
JoyCreativityReward The 'Aladdin' thing - that's not work; that's just fun. Three days in the recording studio going mad, then the animators do all the work. Not a bad way to cash a large check, my friend.
CelebrityFameFan Behavior 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.
ActingCharacter Creation Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
ImprovisationCreativityRiskSuccessFreedom The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.
IndividualityCreativityUniquenessAuthenticity You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
AdaptationParenthoodNew Beginnings I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.
LoveNew BeginningsAppreciation I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.
AchievementHonorRealitySuccess Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.
SatirePoliticsHumor People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.
TechnologyPrivacyConversationIntrusion Tweets? That stuff kills conversation. And people taking pictures with their phone or recording you, sometimes surreptitiously, is creepy. They come up and just start talking to you, and you can see the red light on their phone.
ComedyHonestyDiscoveryDepth In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.
CreativityAuthenticityStructureExpression 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.
Self-DefenseRegulationBalanceIndividual RightsGovernment Authority The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
EducationLearningSuccessFamily Pride I don't have a college degree, and my father didn't have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, 'My boy's got learnin'!'
IntuitionCommunication MethodsInnovation Vs Tradition If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?
RespectCourageMoral LeadershipLegacyAdmiration 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.