Questions about his films, stand-up comedy and/or other
works
Could
you please send me the complete script for...?
I have the complete digital scripts of Dead Poets
Society, Being Human, AI: Artificial
Intelligence and Good Will Hunting. If
all you need is a transcript, I have the following titles:
Mrs. Doubtfire, Patch Adams, Bicentennial
Man, Fathers Day, What Dreams May
Come and Jakob the Liar.
Could you forward the following
message to Robin?
No, I can't. I'm sorry. If you'd like
to write to Robin, please use the fanmail address.
Do you have a particular quote
that I want?
I probably do. Just describe the movie and scene and
I'll find the quote.
Do you have a pic from a particular
scene of a movie?
See above.
When is Robin gonna tour again?
Actually, he's touring right now! Click
here for all the information we have about the
Weapons of Self-Destruction Tour.
What is the instrumental song
at the beginning of the Live on Broadway
show?
It's the intro to the song "Two Step," performed
by the Dave Matthews Band. It's from their album Crash,
released in 1996. This intro was used for every show
in the 2002 tour and the Las Vegas shows until May
2008.
What is the classical piece
featured at the beginning of the Live at the Met
show?
It's the overture from Mozart's The Marriage of
Figaro.
Where can I find videos, DVDs,
CDs and other merchandise?
Of the items in print, most are available on Amazon.com.
Sometimes you can also find out-of-print movies and
albums on
eBay.
I recently saw Robin on Inside
the Actor's Studio, but I forgot to record it...
The show, and in particular Robin's episode, was released
on DVD on September 16, 2008.
What was that website he talked
about on that show?
The website he talked about is called audible.com.
There'll be no new interviews added, because Robin
quit after 3 years in January 2003. Please go to the
Audible
page for more information.
Update: The interviews are no longer available on
Audible: "all of the Robin Williams Interviews
have been removed from the website due to licensing
contracts expiring"
Why is Robin credited in some
projects as Ray D. Tutto, Marty Fromage and Sudy Nim?
These are all in-jokes related to Robin's cameo appearances.
In The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Robin's
King of the Moon character proclaims himself "rei
di tutto" ("king of everything" in
Italian). Robin and friend Bobcat Goldthwait
used to perform tag-team standup comedy under the
names Marty Fromage and Jack Cheese, so Robin used
the Fromage name for his cameo in Goldthwait's Shakes
the Clown. And Robin's cameo voice in the
animated special A Wish for Wings that Work
called for a pseudonym, which inspired the name Sudy
Nim.
Personal Information
Does
Robin have brothers or sisters?
Yes, he has two half-brothers: Todd (13 years older,
with the same father; passed away August 2007) and Lauren
(4 years older, with the same mother). Todd had
a cameo role as the bartender in Mrs. Doubtfire;
he was credited as "Dr. Toad."
How
about his parents?
His father, Robert, passed away in 1988. His mother,
Laurie, passed away a couple of days before September
11, 2001.
Does Robin have kids?
He has three kids: Zachery Pym (born April 11,
1983), Zelda Rae (born July 31, 1989) and Cody Alan
(born November 25, 1991).
When and where was Robin born?
Robin has personally verified that he was born in
Chicago, IL on July 21, 1951 (not 1952!).
Wait, I heard he was born
in Edinburgh in 1952! Where did that information come
from?
Robin lied about this in an interview during the Mork
era. Information from the interview continues
to circulate, even though it is inaccurate.
Is Robin Jewish?
No, he isn't, though he had a lot of Jewish friends
growing up. As he puts it himself in Live on Broadway,
Robin is Episcopalian (which is kinda like Catholic
Lite).
In what city does Robin live?
He lives in the Bay Area of California
Other Questions
I
received a Peace Plan in my mail box...is this really
written by Robin?
The plan is NOT written
by Robin!
We don't know who is responsible for the piece, but
it definitely wasn't actor/comedian Robin Williams.
This item's debut appears to have been a 20 March 2003
posting to the USENET newsgroup alt.motorcycles.harley,
and from there it was rapidly disseminated via e-mail
and blogs, credited to either "author unknown"
or no one at all. The Robin Williams attribution wasn't
tacked on until several weeks later, apparently because
along the way the eleventh entry was dropped and a genuine
Robin Williams quote appended in its place: "The
Statue of Liberty is no longer saying 'Give me your
poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a
baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of
me?'" — Robin Williams.
The 'Robin Williams' attribution for the final item
was interpreted as applying to the list as a whole,
so now the entire piece circulates as 'the Robin Williams
plan.'
For more information, please read
this article at snopes.com
Could you please send me the
Peace Plan everyone is talking about?
Since the plan wasn't written by Robin, I won't continue
to spread it. Sorry.
I want Robin to come over
and do a few minutes in our show. Is that possible?
You'll have to contact Robin's manager or his agent
for these questions. I'm afraid I can't share any
contact information other than the fanmail address.
What charity organizations
does Robin support?
Robin supports numerous organizations, including (but
probably not limited to): Comic Relief (for the homeless
& Hurricane Katrina victims), Médecins
Sans Frontières, Operation Smile, the Pediatric
AIDS Association, Challenged Athletes Foundation,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Make-a-Wish
Foundation (some kids were in Patch Adams),
Project Open Hand, Glide, The Gorilla Foundation,
Seacology, River of Words, God's Love We Deliver,
Women at Ground Zero, Bread and Roses, Meridian Gallery,
Mercury House, Kidsclub, Season of Sharing, SMMOA,
Ant Farm, Fresno Free Library, Muir Fest, USO, Best
Friends, the University of California at San Francisco,
and San Francisco General Hospital Pediatrics.
Is it possible to advertise
on this website?
We prefer to keep the site as clean as possible, but
if you have a good offer, please contact me and we'll
talk about it.
Questions about his films, stand-up comedy and/or other
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