Performing comedy in San Francisco to begin with is pretty wild. You've got to - you've got the human game preserve to play off of. And it's a lot of great characters everywhere. You work off that, and then you play the rooms, and eventually you get to a point where you're playing a club that is a comedy club, with other comics.
Interpretation
Performing comedy in San Francisco is unique due to its diverse and vibrant environment and characters.
Robin Williams captures the essence of performing comedy in San Francisco, where the eclectic mix of people and their stories serves as rich material for a comedian. He highlights the journey from performing in various public spaces to finally reaching the stage of a dedicated comedy club, emphasizing the importance of connecting with one's audience and drawing inspiration from the world around you.
In practice
This quote could be used to inspire new comedians at a comedy workshop.
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'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.
Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!'
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