Robin Williams: seine 30 besten Zitate

Am 11. August 2014 starb Robin Williams im Alter von 63 Jahren. Wir erinnern an den Comedian und Schauspieler – mit seinen besten Zitaten.

von Kristina Baum 11.08.2015

Robin Williams — Foto: picture alliance / United Archiv. United Archives/IFTN. All rights reserved.

ROLLING STONE Badge

Empfehlungen der Redaktion

„If Heaven exists, to know that there's laughter, that would be a great thing.“

„Cocaine is God’s way of saying you’re making too much money.“

„I wonder what chairs think about all day: 'Oh, here comes another asshole.'“

„Is it rude to Twitter during sex? To go 'omg, omg, wtf, zzz'? Is that rude?“

„No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.“

„Being a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio.“

„Never fight with an ugly person, they’ve got nothing to lose“

„Death is nature's way of saying, 'Your table is ready'“

„I'm a born entertainer. When I open the fridge door and the light goes on, I burst into song.“

„A woman would never make a nuclear bomb. They would never make a weapon that kills. They’d make a weapon that makes y...

„When I first met David Beckham, I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face.“

„Do you think God gets stoned? I think so ... look at the platypus.“

„Oh my god, Jack Nicholson. He once was with me at a benefit and leaned over and said in a very intense voice: "Even oys...

„People think they know you. They expect you to be literally like you are on TV or in the movies, bouncing off the walls...

„My battles with addiction definitely shaped how I am now. They really made me deeply appreciate human contact. And the ...

„People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.“

„Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?“

„You're only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you're nothing.“

„Comedy is acting out optimism.“

„Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer – you can do it, just not as well as the ...

„You know, you get that tattoo of barbed wire when you’re 18, but by the time you’re 80, it’s a picket fence“

„Some people say Jesus wasn't Jewish. Of course he was Jewish! Thirty years old, single, lives with his parents, come on...

„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 p...

„We're dealing with fundamentalists. The Amish are fundamentalists, but they don't try and hijack a carriage at needlepo...

„We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.“

„Mickey Mouse to a three-year-old is a six-foot-tall rat!“

„People ask why I do children's comedies. I'm happy being a Robert de Niro for nine-year-olds.“

„Ah, yes, divorce . . . from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.“

“Do you think Adam said to Eve, 'Back up, I don't know how big this gets'“

„Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult sayin...

Kristina Baum schreibt freiberuflich unter anderem für ROLLING STONE. Weitere Artikel und das Autorenprofil gibt es hier.

Themen aus dem Artikel:

schauspieler Robin Williams Todestag zitate

Mehr News und Stories

German actor Udo Kier poses during a photocall for the film "Bacurau" at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival in C...

Film & Serie

Udo Kier mit 81 Jahren verstorben

Der deutsche Schauspieler Udo Kier starb mit 81 Jahren. Eine Karriere zwischen Horror, Hollywood und europäischem Autorenkino

Von Sassan Niasseri

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 2: Dieter Hallervorden during the press rehearsal of the play "Der eingebildet Kranke" at Schl...

Film & Serie

Der Sturkopf: Zum 90. Geburtstag von Dieter Hallervorden

Dieter Hallervorden wird 90 – vom DDR-Flüchtling zum BRD-Komiker, Theaterleiter und kontroversen Kommentator des Zeitgeschehens

Von Arne Willander

Kevin Costner ehrt „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“-Star Graham Greene

Film & Serie

Kevin Costner ehrt „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“-Star Graham Greene

Der Schauspieler und Filmemacher Kevin Costner besetzte Graham Greene 1990 als Lakota-Sioux-Medizinmann Kicking Bird

Von Emily Zemler