Quotes of The Day- Robin Williams (About his outrageous hairiness) The only thing Im really suited for is the musical version of Congo. Its been a sequence. With Good Morning, Vietnam, people said, Ah, at last hes found a way to be funny and still be a little restrained. With Dead Poets Society, they went, Oh, this is interesting--hes even more restrained. And with Awakenings, itll be, Look! Hes medicated! Hes gone even further. Whats he playing next? Hes playing a door. And after that? A black hole. Our freedoms are under siege - for our own good, they tell us. Robin: On stage youre free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, youd be arrested. (about his 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire) It was an interesting way of looking at how children are dealt with in divorces. A lot of times, children are little hostages being passed back and forth, and this film uses comedy and the character to look at that. Thats the whole reason I wanted to do it, and its wonderful getting to play a person inside a person. Its almost like possession, like the old Mardi Gras masks-you know theres someone inside there. I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people. I had my back waxed once by two women... and at one point they said, Do you mind if we take a break? I always wanted to play a big, black man, but that would cost too much make-up. Youre only given one little spark of madness. You mustnt lose it.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 19:45:34 +0000
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