American - Comedian | July 21, 1951 - August 11, 2014
A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys.
Robin Williams
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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.
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The idea of having a steady job is appealing.
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Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
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It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.
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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.
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Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!
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I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.
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The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.
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There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win.
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When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work.
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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.
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