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" I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken. "
Robin Williams
Zombies
Dead
Everyone
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" Comedy is acting out optimism. "
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" I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor. "
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" With film roles, it just has to be a character either I haven't done before, or a role with somebody really interesting or with an interesting person or group of people. "
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" Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah. "
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" I think it's great when stories are dark and strange and weirdly personal. "
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" I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a movie that people treated as more than a movie. "
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" The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery. "
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" The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running. "
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" I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish. "
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" 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. "
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" A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys. "
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" In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter. "
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" When I went home from Juilliard, I couldn't find acting work. "
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" 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. "
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" I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people. "
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" Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier. "
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" 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. "
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" There's a show in America where all these people compete with ferrets, and they don't even do anything. They basically just hold them up, and if they don't bite you, they might win. "
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" I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done. "
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