Robin Williams: The Legend Behind The Laughs

Published on October 3, 2019 By Jason Albert

Disheartening advice

When Robin joined the prestigious Juilliard School, his teachers told him to focus more on his stand-up comedy than working on his acting classes. They even went on to tell him he was wasting his time in these classes!

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Robin went on to prove all of his professors wrong, showing he couldn’t just excel in stand-up comedy, but he could also be an Oscar-winning actor, making him one of the most successful exports out of New York’s Juilliard.