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Robin: When I came home from Juilliard
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

When I came homefrom Juilliard, I started doingimprovisational comedy as kind of a...

Robin:
When I came home
from Juilliard, I started doing
improvisational comedy as kind of a response
to not finding acting work

Full Transcript

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Robin: When I came home from Juilliard,
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I started doing improvisational comedy
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as kind of a response to not finding acting work.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:35
Uploaded
Jun 28, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
Jigsaw Productions,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

An intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams.
Robin: I started to be able to do comedy based on suggestions, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:08
Robin: I started to be able to do comedy based on suggestion...
-Esmeralda, why do you only visit me on Sunday? - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:05
-Esmeralda, why do you only visit me on Sunday?
And then you went from the workshop to actually clubs. - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:05
And then you went from the workshop to actually clubs.
-It's a big ol' sucker. It's huge. - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:05
-It's a big ol' sucker. It's huge.
Valerie Velardi: He was at the Holy City Zoo, bartending. - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:04
Valerie Velardi: He was at the Holy City Zoo, bartending.
He filled in as a bartender so that he could get up on stage and play. - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:06
He filled in as a bartender so that he could get up on stage...
He had a French accent, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:07
He had a French accent,
he-asked-me-for-a-ride-home - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:08
he-asked-me-for-a-ride-home
He was speaking French, I was teasing him, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:10
He was speaking French, I was teasing him,
I was just finishing up my masters degree - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:06
I was just finishing up my masters degree
So I was free, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:05
So I was free,
He was always looking for a connection, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:11
He was always looking for a connection,
I don't tell jokes. I just use characters as a vehicle for me, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:06
I don't tell jokes. I just use characters as a vehicle ...
I was his personal audience, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:07
I was his personal audience,
"Little Robin, upon my windowsill - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:23
"Little Robin, upon my windowsill
♪ Whenever I'm with him ♪ - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:21
♪ Whenever I'm with him ♪
Here's what I loved about California then: - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:08
Here's what I loved about California then:
That's what California is supposed to be, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:06
That's what California is supposed to be,
♪ Soft, low, sweet and plain, I feel... ♪ - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:10
♪ Soft, low, sweet and plain, I feel... ♪
We were kids, it was silly and it was fun, - Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 00:06
We were kids, it was silly and it was fun,