GERMANY: OSCAR WINNER ROBIN WILLIAMS TAKES OVER PRESS CONFERENCE AND TALKS ABOUT EVERYONE FROM MICHAEL JACKSON TO U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

Record ID: 388116

  • Title: GERMANY: OSCAR WINNER ROBIN WILLIAMS TAKES OVER PRESS CONFERENCE AND TALKS ABOUT EVERYONE FROM MICHAEL JACKSON TO U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
  • Date: 14th February 2004
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 11, 2004) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) ( * BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) ROBIN WILLIAMS, MIRA SORVINO AND OMAR NAIM WALKING INTO PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM SIDE SHOT ROBIN WILLIAMS, MIRA SORVINO AND OMAR NAIM POSE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WIDE SHOT OF THE THREE AT TABLE, ROBIN WILLIAMS IS INTRODUCED TO JOURNALISTS CUT AWAY PRESS SOUNDBITE (English) ACTOR ROBIN W
  • Embargoed: 29th February 2004 12:00
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  • Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVACW82V88OUDZPE38FJTKGL05EM
  • Story Text: Oscar winner Robin Williams takes over a press conference and talks about everyone from Michael Jackson to U.S.
    President George W. Bush.
    Robin Williams was in Berlin on Wednesday (February 11) to promote his latest film, "Final Cut" the press conference quickly turned into an audience for his return to stand up comedy.
    "It took me a long time because I was doing movies during those times and that paid the bills. Secondly, when you go do a stand up show like that you have to go out and do four months and get ready. And in America, there is a little bit to talk about right now especially with Bush complaining about complaining about the failure of intelligence, which seams kind of redundant but you know,"
    he told journalists After absence kept of sixteen years, Williams left no stone unturned when giving journalists at the Berlinale had a rare opportunity to see the comic-turned-actor perform in his typical scatological, rapid-fire style.
    No one was spared from his wit: U.S. President George W.
    Bush, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Janet and Michael Jackson, Mel Gibson, the Catholic Church and fast-food giant, McDonalds - all fodder for his jokes.
    After leaving university, Williams worked the club circuit performing in San Francisco and Los Angeles where he got his first break in television working on the late 1970s television series, "Mork and Mindy". After a series of films including "Dead Poet's Society" and "Popeye", he was nominated and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his role in "Good Will Hunting" starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
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