Improvising on the Set of License to Wed: Williams said director Ken Kwapis was always open for suggestions and for improvising. “He was open to pretty much anything, improvising, trying stuff physical, anything. Because he's worked with John [Krasinski], he's done the series - he does the American series of The Office so he's open for it. I trusted him because he cast a lot great people in the smallest parts.”
Robin Williams on His Upcoming Projects: “There's this movie August Rush with Freddie Highmore, basically about a child prodigy trying to reconnect with his parents through music. An interesting piece. Kind of Amadeus-like. I think the idea is what's it like for him to actually create, which is fascinating. And Freddie's an extraordinary kid, just truly brilliant as a child. When you're around that, it's not the idea of working with children and animals, but be careful working with really brilliant kids. He's intuitive, plus a brain to back it up. And that makes work very interesting. Other than that, I'm doing a movie with John Travolta in Connecticut called Old Dogs.”
Williams confirmed he won’t be singing in August Rush. “No, I don't. I'm actually an old rock and roll, kind of strange like a former rock and roller who has these kids. It's like Fagin meets Ted Nugent, but without the bow and arrow.”
On What Makes Him Laugh: “What makes me laugh? A lot of stuff,” answered Williams. “Knocked Up made me laugh. I went to see a great Japanese cartoon called Paprika. Away from Her, it didn't make me laugh it just blew me away. Getting older and when I start to go 'one down.' And a lot of things, a lot of comics. I saw a great young guy last night named Dave Hill who's really funny. He's got a site on You Tube. There's a lot of good stuff.
I have a good time just going and seeing films. It's fun for me to go just to see a lot of different stuff. It's weird as the theaters get smaller and smaller, it's like the Cineplex. The sad thing for me in San Francisco a lot of the big theaters are gone. They're turned into gyms. It's weird, 'Isn't this…? Why are we working on slant?' And then you go to the cineplexes, which have the great seats, but they're still cineplexes. You end up looking at a screen going, 'This is about as big as my TV.' I've been having fun seeing those.
What makes me laugh? Pretty much everything right now. Any press conference. Especially if W speaks for more than a minute. He says great things like, 'A lot of our imports come from other countries.' And the question that is never asked, 'Is our children learning?' At that point you just go, ‘Thank you lord.’ And the fact that Mel [Gibson] got busted by the only Jewish highway patrolman. I think you have to know there is a God. ‘I saw The Passion. Here's a little irony.’”
