访谈录 2014-08-21&08-23 美国娱乐周刊总编忆罗宾威廉姆斯

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He really was. A lot of comedians¹ are known for being angry, I mean, that’s sort of the rap that they get. And you certainly couldn’t say that about Robin² Williams. He clearly was a very complex guy. But, by all accounts, he was always incredibly professional. He was very, very kind. Whether you were operating with the camera or acting³ with him, whether you were sitting in a movie theater, he wanted you to like him, he wanted to make you laugh and he was always on. And I think what’s so sad about this is we realize that manic energy was really -- he was masking such profound, you know, sadness and difficulties in his own life.

 

And we’ve heard that from many people saying that about tears of a clown (yeah). That’s something that we don’t realize that they are dealing⁴ with and as you said, in the same -- he was always on. And no one knew really about this side of him, did they?

 

No, and he never released his demons⁵ on the rest of us. You know, he really wanted to make the world a better place. He was -- whether he would decorate his house, you know, for the holidays and hang out with the kids, he loved children because they were a great audience, you know. They loved to, he loved to make them laugh. 

 

Childlike enthusiasm (yeah), everything(yeah). What do you think his legacy⁶ will be?

 

I think that he is like Jonathan Winters of a previous generation. He really defined a particular kind of comedy for a generation. And nobody, it’s really hard to find anybody who was ever had that kind of versatility⁷ as an actor, you know, that from "Mrs. Doubtfire" to the, you know, to the therapist in "Good will hunting," he just -- I think his own, I think again on his own complexities⁸ also made him a great actor. He just embraced everyone.

 

He still embraced everyone. Do you know what I mean? On screen and off screen, he seems like…

 

He was best at playing himself. That’s what somebody said and I think that’s so true when you see all those clips over the years. 

 

Yeah, a very generous guy too. You saw the clips of him and the troupes⁹, and he did a lot of charity work. 

 

Of the homeless.

 

Yeah.

 

Hey, Jess, we thank you so much. Always so great to see you here.

 

Thank you. 

 

And thanks for sharing your thoughts on the one only with Robin Williams.

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