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HOLLYWOOD -- Always on the alert for a silly segue,
Robin Williams strikes when the trivial Oscar pursuit
of deciding what to wear is mentioned.
"I'm
thinking a powder blue thong," says Williams
in his best nerd voice at the Four Seasons Hotel.
"No,
but really for guys it is not so hard. It's like black
or black and maybe white or black, or maybe white.
A tuxedo is nice, too."
So
is Williams' fourth nomination, for Good Will Hunting.
Previously, he's made the red carpet stroll Oscar
night for parts in 1987's Good Morning Vietnam, 1989's
Dead Poets Society and 1991's The Fisher King.
"It's
cheaper than Prozac," reports Williams of the
nominations. "It's like making it to the Olympics,
even though I've lost every time."
Fourth
time might be an Academy Award for Williams for his
role as the ambivalent and repressed shrink from Good
Will Hunting.
That
certainly was the talk at the Four Seasons birthday
party on the weekend for 50-year-old Billy Crystal,
who will host the 70th Oscars Monday night.
At
the bash, the second most popular question was directed
at guest Williams who was asked, "What are you
going to say when you win?" The most frequent
query went to Crystal. The guests, all industry big
shots, wanted to know what was in his opening monologue.
They never found out.
The
46-year-old Williams was reportedly as cynical at
the party as he was with reporters.
"I'm
usually in the category like, 'Oh, and you too.' And
the winner is, 'Somebody else.' "
Bitter?
"No," says Williams who looks mischievous.
"The nominations always give me a massive chubby."
Then
he seizes another silly segue moment.
"But
back to clothes that count at the Oscars," he
pronounces as a slick game show host. "Oh, that's
interesting -- just wear socks."
No
kidding.
But
really, have you had style counselling for this year's
Oscars?
"I
always try to wear the worst tuxedo, so I can make
the worst-dressed list.
"When
they ask, 'Hmmm, and where did you get that?'
"I
can say, 'A jockey had a yard sale so I bought it.'
"
This article was published
March 18, 1998
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