ROBIN WILLIAMS by 201197817

Almost every interview with Robin Williams turned out to be the comedian's another show

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One of the comments under the video: "He was the personification of happiness."

People saw Williams as the funniest and the happiest man in the world.

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“He just cried and said, ‘I can’t, Cheri. I don’t know how anymore. I don’t know how to be funny.’ ”

Williams' deteriorating mental health was manifesting itself during the shooting of the third part of "Night at the Museum." He would forget his lines and perform dully and unconvincingly. The dementia was taking away his main weapon - humor

"MORK & MINDY" (1978

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"I don't know how much value I have in this universe, but I do know that I made a few people happier than they would have been without me."

Williams' role as Mork is his first and at the same time most well-known for the old audience, epitomyizing Williams' star image as a good-hearted and hilarious person.

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Williams's life was based on acting and making people laugh, the dark side of his person was meticulously hidden.

Increase in suicides the months after the death of Robin Williams in the US

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Robin Williams' Instagram account

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Williams used social media as a way of self-promotion, uploading pictures from sets and his private life, creating the "illusion of intimacy."

"Dead Poets Society" (1989)

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Walt Whitman's poem has become the main factor establishing Williams' character as a compass for the young boys. Yet, Williams's role was also a compass for many real people. After his death, a myriads of them were saying goodbye with these words.

Williams' most well-known scene from "Dead Poets Society"

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The scene epitomizes Williams' role as a father figure for the boys. In real life, Williams was also considered as a paternal persona, a member of millions of families around the world.

Ethan Hawke remembers Williams

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"I watched Mork & Mindy as a little boy so he felt like a family member."

Hawke's memory was not merely his own. It is the whole generation, raised on Williams' genius performances, that treated him as a family member.

STRETCHING THE PERIMETER

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Williams talking about how "being labeled" is tightiening the freedom.

"To try to keep moving... so it can't get labeled... that's for me very important, to duck..."

Apple commercial with a voiceover of Robin Williams from "Dead Poets Society"

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Williams' motivational speech is used as a catalyst between the product and the customer. His role of the teacher in the film is one of his most recognizable and inspirational. Apple used this to promote iPad.

Ethan Hawke remembers Williams

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Hawke tells the story from the set of "Dead Poets Society" where Williams was the main attraction. He constantly teased the whole crew, and the ambitious Hawke was mad at him. Yet, after the shooting, Williams contacted Hawke with his agent and they sealed the deal. It was Williams who paved Hawke's way to his career.

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Williams jokes about his problems with alcohol;
comedy as a natural high;

Even when talking about his family, Williams always joke, always mix seriousness with humour.

"What role do you consider most representational of your own personality?"

"Different things. This one (Keating in Dead Poets Society) represents more of my own philosophy. Good Morning, Vietnam represents more of my persona just effective that the two sides; of performing and non-performing. And an HBO represents . Those three are what represents me."

Hawke remembers Williams

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Hawke talking about "a tremendous pain" visible in Williams underneath the facade of a comedian.

"He was a light for the world."

Hawke acknowledges that Williams was a gift for humanity, one of the most beloved actors on the Earth.

Robin Williams impressioning Marlon Brando

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2012 interview, showing how Williams has changed, not only due to ageing, but predominantly because of his illness.

Williams talking about his beginnings, most influental tv programmes, and advices to starting artists.

Fallon about Williams

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Jimmy Fallon remembering Williams as a "unique, one of a kind" comedian who was like "Muhammad Ali of comedy."

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1981

"I believe the cocaine is God's way of saying 'you're making too much money'"

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A great example of intertextual mixture. Mork played by Robin Williams meets the "real Robin Williams" who is playing himself

Zelda 3DS Spot

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Robin Williams advertises (he made only two commercials) a video game which inspired him to name his daughter after the princess Zelda. Williams opens a door to his private life in which the role of father is the most important for him.

Robin Williams in Shrink Rap (2007)

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This kind of exposure proves how thin is the line between Robin Williams, the star and Robin Williams, a real person.

Talking about how he felt when he started to be extremely popular due to "Mork & Mindy"

"It is surreal because all of a sudden you go from no one knowing you to everyone knowing you."

Williams' hirsuteness

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Williams constantly made fun of his own deficiencies or idiosyncrasies. Here, he jokes about the abundance of hair on his body.

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"The comedy is so much cheaper than therapy"
Williams considered comedy not only as a way of dealing with his own anxieties, but also with the anxieties of the audience.

Williams meets Koko the Gorilla

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"The encounter with Koko was just one of many efforts Williams made over the years on behalf of wildlife. In 2011, the actor appeared with other celebrities in a TakePart video to call attention to the annual slaughter of dolphins at the cove in Taiji, Japan, where the few survivors are sold to zoos and water parks."

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CNN material on Williams' health and addiction problems leading to his eventual suicide

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"Lewy body dementia killed Robin, it's what's took his life."

Was he losing his mind?

"Yes, absolutely, and he was aware of it."

Williams many times talked about what was his biggest worry: to lose his mind and stop being funny. His whole life and career were based on humor and wit, and the idea of losing the "spark" was overwhelming.

Williams on Broadway (2009)

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Williams' debut on Broadway was a big success which confirmed the actor's versatility. Williams was constantly trying to avoid labels.

Robin Williams the man and Robin Williams the myth

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"There were his self-deprecating stories about booze and drugs, a relapse in 2006 after 20 years of sobriety and an unequivocally dark thread running through much of his comedy and into his film choices. But his suicide on Aug. 11, 2014, is what turned the myth of Williams as America's quintessential funnyman on its head."

"Williams determinedly kept a piece of him walled off from the rest of the world, though some of the clues were hiding in plain sight. It was just that no one wanted to even guess where they might lead."

The real health issue that led to the suicide

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"Depression was one of let's call it 50 symptoms, and it was a small one."

"Robin was very aware that he was losing his mind and there was nothing he could do about it."

Williams diagnosed with Parkinson

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"I never heard him afraid like that before," Williams' longtime friend said. "This was the boldest comedian I ever met—the boldest artist I ever met. But this was just a scared man." - BILLY CRYSTAL

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"My life is a better place because I knew Robin Williams. To my children he was Uncle Robin, to everyone he worked with, he was the best boss anyone had ever known, and to me he was not just an inspiration but he was the father I had always dreamed of having."

Williams' rehab in 2006

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Williams underwent a rehab in 2006 after a relapse which initiated his further depression and health problems.

Drugs, alcohol, and heart surgery

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Williams talking in details about his drugs and alcohol addictions and how the heart surgery he underwent in 2009 helped him to feel alive again.

Williams about using his image to sell merchandise

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Williams didn't want to sell the film with his name; the actor wanted the film to be speaking for itself, without a help of his big name.

"I'm doing it basically because I want to be part of this animation tradition. I want something for my children. One deal is, I just don't want to sell anything—as in Burger King, as in toys, as in stuff." - Williams

"Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987)

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Williams talking about his role in "Good Morning, VIetnam"

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Williams talks about the fusion of two images: the comedian and the human being, which is embodied by Adrian Cronauer, the film's protagonist:

"The way I am when I perform and the way I am off is the way this character is."

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"Once, years ago, Robin and I were walking on the Paramount lot near the set of our show “Mork and Mindy.” It was very late at night and we were talking and walking. Robin loved to stay up late and always had more energy than any person anywhere, in any room. I said to him that night, “Do you think we will ever grow up?” And he said without missing a beat, “I’m afraid if I ever grow up, I won’t be able to make a living.” Play was his passion and what drove him each day."
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WTF with Marc Macron

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Williams opening about his alcohol addiction; his road from comedy workshop (1976), comedy clubs and improvs to the hills and drugs; relapse in Alaska, recovery, family that drove him to stop; comedy stage as a relief from being a "celebrity."
Relationship with his parents that defined who he was; the "second chances" like the heart surgery - "they open you up, break the armor." About one moment when he said "fuck life," a moment that he put in the "what the fuck" category. Also, about living as a "non-celebrity" kind of star, outside the fuss and bustle - "I don't need it"

This kind of confessional interviews allows the star to invite the audience to his/her privacy. Although not an exhibitionist, Williams possibly felt obliged to explain some details determining his public persona.

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In one of his shows Williams said that Australians are "English rednecks." The joke provoked anger in Australia and created a domino effect for the prime minister of Australia attacked the state of Alabama.

Williams' widow in an essay about her husband's health disease

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In the essay Susan Schneider poignantly describes the case of her husband suicide and the period before, leading to Williams' death.
Williams was paranoid in the last months of his life. The developing Lewy body dementia was shattering his mind.

Williams' last tv comedy in 2009

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In the stand-up called "Weapons of Self Destruction," Williams is touching upon his personal problems.

The base of Williams' charitable activity

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Look to the Stars is a website accumulating the charitable activity of celebrities. According to the website, Williams took part in over 50 charities.

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1988 - about how Mork & Mindy paved the way for his further career.

Cocaine: "For me, it was like a sedative, a way of pulling back from people and from a world that I was afraid of."

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1982 - "Robin Williams comes clean"

1988 - "I realized that the reason I did cocaine was so I wouldn’t have to talk to anybody."

Williams had a paradoxical reaction to drugs, they made him calm and alienated. They helped to escape the world he was afraid of.

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The article describes the charitable activity of Williams who took part in over 50 charities and causes.

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Williams' charitable activity was kept secret throughout his whole career, proving that the actor was not seeking attention regarding his kindness

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There is a scholarship founded by Robin Williams in Julliard, allowing young actors to pave their way to professional career

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Many people remember Williams' kindness and selflesness.

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About Williams' modesty.

So Williams struck an unusual deal with Disney, who agreed not to market Aladdin as a Robin Williams movie. He didn’t want his name used in advertising or promotion, going so far as to dictate that the Genie character couldn’t take up more than 25 percent of the movie poster. Generally, actors want to draw as much attention to their work as humanly possible, particularly if they’re an incorrigible ham like the late, lamented Williams was, so this was notable.

Of course, it became one of the most talked about vocal performances of all time, and the neat little gig he’d squeezed into his schedule ended up changing the way American animated films were made and marketed forever.

Williams' low renumeration for the film

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Williams was paid 75.000$ for the voiceover, which is the lowest wage for a dubbing actor. Williams decided that in gratitude for his success with Touchstone Pictures' Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie for SAG scale pay—$75,000—instead of his asking fee of $8 million.

Williams showed a great loyalty towards the studio, confirming the public opinion about his generosity and kindness.

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"Listen, I'm an alcoholic and all I ever needed was one bar."

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About Williams' generosity which has been revealed after his death

Williams - Live at the Met (1986)

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Williams' post-addiction shows were often dominated by the comedian joking about his drug problems. Williams was a humble man who was able to make fun of himself.

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Comic Relief team (Williams, Goldberg, Crystal) have raised over 70 million dollars for homeless people in America.

Comic Relief

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Comic Relief USA was a non-profit charity organisation raising funds to help homeless people in America. Along with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal, Williams was performing stand-up and other kinds of comedy.

Spielberg about Williams

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Steven Spielberg recalls the traumatic time during the shooting of Schindler's List. Williams helped him to get trough this tough and depressing period by cheering him up in phone conversations. Spielberg describes Williams as the kindest person ever.

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About how decent Williams was. A friend for strangers, a supporter for troops. Williams cheered up and motivated the American soldiers during their missions in Afganistan and Baghdad

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The children starring in Mrs. Doubtfire about Williams as their second dad

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Williams was not faithful to his first wife, yet, as she recalls, she understood that he loved women, and she let him love them.

Williams' offscreen persona

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The article touches upon the off screen persona of Robin Williams, focusing on his role of devoted dad, a figure which transcended the real life and established Williams as a type of protective and good-hearted.

Williams' lonely childhood as one of the causes of vulnerable personality

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Mother addicted to cocaine; the father's hyperrealism and the mother's terminal optimism definitely determined Williams' life and career.

Williams as a "founder" of a "dad-style"

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Williams' paternal quality was also manifested by the actor's style, identified as "dad-style."

Outfits that stole every show

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Williams was also known for his extraordinary style, consistent to his public personality.

Janet Maslin's 1982 review of "The World According to Garp."

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The reviewer calls Williams' performance as demanding: "Mr. Williams is at his most affecting with the children; he makes a fond, playful father, a man perfectly at home in a suit of makebelieve armor made of welcome mats and garbage-can lids. Mr. Williams's role is a very demanding one, calling on him to age from a teen-ager to a family man, a process he has trouble with. His performance is engaging but erratic, more effective in the clownier, busier scenes than in those that ask him to recite lines or stand still. Mr. Williams is much less compelling at rest than he is when free to represent Garp through action. When the role doesn't call for movement of some kind, he falters."

Roger Ebert's review of "Moscow on the Hudson" (1984

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"The Russian is played by Robin Williams, who disappears so completely into his quirky, lovable, complicated character that he's quite plausible as a Russian."

"Moscow on the Hudson" (1984)

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Another role teetering between comedy and drama.

The Hollywood Reporter's 1978 Review of Robin Williams in 'Mork & Mindy'

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The Hollywood Reporter recall the review of "Mork & Mindy" from 1978. All of the reviews from the time were centering on Williams as the driving wheel of the show. Williams as Mork was a kinetic, unstoppable alien "whose unique blend of off-the-wall voices and gestures couple with the plot like meringue does with lemon." He revolutionized the TV set. The rapidity of Williams' performance forced the producer to hire a fourth cameraman.
The show had a great audience mainly because of Williams' unusual charisma.

Roger Ebert's review of "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1988)

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"With Williams, the wall remains impenetrable. Like Groucho Marx, he uses comedy as a strategy for personal concealment."

What Ebert sees in the film, is a sort of revelation of who Williams really is: a comedy virtuoso who "is edged into a corner where he must have human emotions, or die."

Canby's review of "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1988)

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"Make no mistake about it: Mr. Williams's performance, though it's full of uproarious comedy, is the work of an accomplished actor. ''Good Morning, Vietnam'' is one man's tour de force."

"POPEYE" (1980)

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Williams started his film career playing Popeye, a character perfectly coherent with the actor's penchant for improvization and comedic performance. Yet, as Pauline Kael has noticed, he "never gets beyond the cartoon, never gives it anything of himself."

Pauline Kael's review of "Popeye" (1980)

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"He does prodigious work. But he never gets beyond the cartoon, never gives it anything of himself. "

Kael's review indicates Williams' initial one-dimensionality. In his further roles, Williams would introduce his uniqueness as an inseperable part of his star image.

Ebert's review of "Dead Poets Society" (1989)

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"The performance is a delicate balancing act between restraint and schtick."

Manzoor's review of "Dead Poets Society" (1989)

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"Watching Williams's (mercifully restrained) performance I found myself wishing my English teachers had been as inspiring."

In the film, Williams shows his different, dramatic side. He is inspirational and paternally protective. His comedic temper is restrained. Williams provides a performance that could be seen as an example of his real image, the one teetering between sharp comedy and enormous kindness.

"Awakenings" (1990)

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Ebert's review of "Awakenings" (1990)

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"This is one of Robin Williams' best performances, pure and uncluttered, without the ebullient distractions he sometimes adds -- the schtick where none is called for. He is a lovable man here, who experiences the extraordinary professional joy of seeing chronic, hopeless patients once again sing and dance and greet their loved ones."

Williams' protectiveness in films coincided with his parenthood, making him more convincing as a father or care provider.

Travers's review of "Awakenings" (1990)

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"Williams gets under the skin of this shy, committed doctor, registering every nuance of victory and heartbreak; this is his most mature screen work to date."

Travers's observation seems to prove that Williams had started to mature. His career was now dominated by dramatic roles which indicated a balance between the extra-kinetic comedian and the restrained, fully developed actor.

Ebert's review of "Aladdin" (1992)

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"Robin Williams and animation were born for one another, and in "Aladdin" they finally meet. Williams' speed of comic invention has always been too fast for flesh and blood; the way he flashes in and out of characters can be dizzying. In Disney's new animated film "Aladdin," he's liberated at last, playing a genie who has complete freedom over his form - who can instantly be anybody or anything."

"The bottom line is that "Aladdin" is good but not great, with the exception of the Robin Williams sequences, which have a life and energy all their own."

Richards' review of "Aladdin" (1992)

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"Williams' inability to stick to a script carried his scenes off on tangents of vaudevillian bizarreness that inspired supervising animator Eric Goldberg and upturned the Disney ethos of some 55 years."

Kim Newman's review of "Jumanji" (1995)

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Williams' performance as "Robin Williams-style Robin Williams"

Maslin's review of "Jumanji" (1995)

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"Mr. Williams, giving one of his kindly performances rather than a funny one"

Ebert's review of "The Birdcage" (1996)

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"Robin Williams is the best surprise; in a role that seems written as a license for flamboyance, he's more restrained than in anything he's done since "Awakenings" (1990)."

Maslin's review of "The Birdcage" (1996)

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""The Birdcage" might seem an odd occasion to find Mr. Williams playing things straight, but this is one of his most cohesive and least antic performances. It's also a mischievously funny one: he does a fine job of integrating gag lines with semi-serious acting, all the while modeling a delirious, silky wardrobe with the emphasis on nightmare prints."

Ebert's review of "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)

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"Williams, who is also a good actor, seems more to be playing himself playing a woman."

Maslin's review of "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)

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"Mr. Williams remains this film's main and only real attraction"

"Fortunately, Robin Williams lurks behind that latex face mask, ready to scatter wicked jokes and brilliant non sequiturs about whatever crosses his mind. Mr. Williams's genius is in these details, and it is given free rein during much of "Mrs. Doubtfire,""

Wendy Ide's review of "Boulevard" (2014)

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"Williams gives a curiously opaque performance in this story of a married 60-year-old confronting his long-closeted homosexuality."

Williams' last feature touching upon a concealment strikingly corresponding to Williams' actual real-life struggling with health.

FILM CAREER

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CAREER

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TV CAREER

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ROBIN WILLIAMS IN "HAPPY DAYS" (1978)

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Robin Williams' very first TV show appearance as Mork which led to the conception of the cult "Mork & Mindy," a series establishing Williams as an actor.

COMEDY & STAND-UP

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"Stand-up comedy is such a relief [...] for me is a total freedom"
- Williams in 1989

WILLIAMS' FIRST TV STAND-UP PERFORMANCE (1977)

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Williams gives his first TV stand-up that opened the gates for his Holywood career.

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Pam Dawber talking about working with Robin Williams on set of "Mork & Mindy." Williams, according to Dawber, did a lot of gross things like humping, bumping, grabbing, yet his guilless sparkly eyes would always protect him from being taken too seriously. "It was so much fun," said Dawber.
"It was just Robin being Robin," said Strom, the director.
Williams established himself as a joker who can get away with it due to his extraordinary charm and comedic genius.

"The World According to Garp" (1982)

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In the film, which is his first big role after Popeye, Williams plays Garp, a role in which the actor moves between comedy and drama. Yet, as Janet Maslin points out, "Williams is much less compelling at rest than he is when free to represent Garp through action. When the role doesn't call for movement of some kind, he falters." The role indicates an imbalance between the comic and the dramatic side of Williams in his early film career.

INTERVIEWS

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DEATH

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"Aladdin" (1992)

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DUBBING

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"Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993)

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"Jumanji" (1995)

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"The Birdcage" (1996)

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HEALTH ISSUES & ADDICTION

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"What do you worry about?"
"I think it's just the idea of losing your mind."

CHARITY WORK & SUPPORT

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Robin Williams' charity work has been revealed after his death; it was extremely profound and carefully hidden from sight - Williams' generosity was the purest.

FAMILY & FRIENDS

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James Lipton remebering Williams

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"He spared us the hard part and gave us the joy, what an extraordinary gift that was."

Williams was not an exhibitionist and fame seeker. His dark side was kept hidden from the public eye. That's why most of the news about his health have been revealed after his death.

Most notable quotation of Williams

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"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

BIOGRAPHY

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Williams promoting "Dead Poets Society

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William gives another of his entertaining interviews. In the promotional appearance in David Letterman's show, Williams performs plenty of voices and characters, proving that his public life is defined by being constantly "on."

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"Williams serving in an inspirational, paternal, or otherwise life-changing capacity would become a running theme from those who crossed paths with him over the years."

WILLIAMS ABOUT SUICIDAL THOUGHTS

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"When I was drinking, there was only one time even for a moment where I thought, 'Oh, f--k life'...And then my conscience said, 'Did you honestly just say f--k life?' I went, 'You know you have a pretty good life as it is right now. Have you noticed the two houses?' 'Yes.' 'Have you noticed the girlfriend?' 'Yes.' 'Have you noticed things are pretty good, even though you may not be working right now?' 'Yes.' 'K, let's put the suicide over here on discussable, let's leave that over here in the discussion area, we'll talk about that. First of all, you don't have the balls to do it. I'm not going to say it out loud...So can I put this other here in the what-the-f--k category?'""

SUPERSTARS AND THEIR MOMS

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Williams was a family-man, not only a good father, but also a good son, with a strong relationship with his mother.

WAITING FOR GODOT (1988)

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Williams' performance as Estragon in the adaptation of Beckett's play confirmed the actor's ability to amalgamate comedy and drama.

Voice recording for "Aladdin"

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Williams' ability to improvise reaches its zenith in the character of Genie. Williams managed to use over 50 characters, all depicted in the film by the blue creature.

"Good Will Hunting" (1997)

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Ebert's review of "One Hour Photo"

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"Robin Williams plays Sy, another of his open-faced, smiling madmen, like the killer in "Insomnia." He does this so well you don't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role."

"One Hour Photo" (2002)

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"Insomnia" (2002)

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Ebert's review of "Insomnia

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"Williams has the smooth, open face of a true believer, a man convinced of his own case. In this film and "One-Hour Photo," [...] Williams reminds us that he is a considerable dramatic talent [...] his serious films are almost always good ones."

"The Final Cut" (2004)

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Ebert's review of "The FInal Cut"

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"There is another Robin Williams, a lonely recluse hiding inside the extrovert. Williams is able to channel this furtive, secretive persona for roles that are far removed from Mork, Mrs. Doubtfire and Aladdin's Genie."

A detour in Williams' career trajectory

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"Playing dark characters (Insomnia, One Hour Photo) is good for an actor, but also for a person" - WIlliams

Williams was exploring the dark side of human nature which brought him closer to his own dark side. This surprising detour in his career trajectory can be seen as a mirror for Williams' struggle with health, addiction, and private life turmoil.

"THE CRAZY ONES" (2013)

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Williams plays a head of advertising agency who works with his daughter as a business partner. The daughter has to babysit him. In 2013, the roles have changed, strikingly reflecting Williams' own life. Who once was taking care of the whole world with his films, is now in the need to be looked after due to his health issues.

Pam Dawber about how changed Williams was on set

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“I would come home and say to my husband, ‘Something is wrong. He’s flat. He’s lost the spark. I don’t know what it is.’ ”

— Pam Dawber, Williams' co-star on "Mork & Mindy" and "The Crazy Ones"

Sepinwall's review of "The Crazy Ones"

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About Williams:
"“The Crazy Ones” is a show meant to encourage him to be Robin Williams to do all the material you know so well, whether you still love it or not. "

"Boulevard" (2014)

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Williams last major role.

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"Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.'”

Williiams about his vulnerability.

Robin Williams chosen the funniest man alive in 1997

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"Father's Day" (1997)

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Variety about Williams as a moviegoer's greatest dad

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The article shows how important for the millenials was the father figure Williams embodied throughout his whole career.

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Jessica Chastain was one of the students receiving the scholarship

Williams' friendship with Christopher Reeve

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In the darkest hours after Reeve's paralyzing horse-riding accident, Williams supported Reeve by paying him visits in the hospital and cheering him up performing a Russian proctologist. In his autobiography Reeve says that he laughed for the first time since the accident.

"World's Greatest Dad" (2009)

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"Patch Adams" (1998)

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Williams in another paternal role, this time playing a doctor who cheers up child patients with his comic performances.

Christopher Reeve, Williams' best friend, describes Williams in his autobiography.

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Reeves recalls Williams from the Julliard period as a "human dynamo," a man who was perpetually "on."

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE REPORT

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