Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.
Interpretation
This quote humorously suggests that excessive wealth can lead to dangerous behavior.
Robin Williams cleverly uses humor to highlight the dangers of excess in life, particularly in the context of wealth. The quote implies that when someone is making too much money, they might turn to cocaine as a misguided outlet for their stress or excess, suggesting that sometimes too much of a good thing can lead to harmful choices.
In practice
During a comedy show, to emphasize the pitfalls of wealth.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
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