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Robin Williams’ close friend reveals actor resented having to do new Mrs Doubtfire
The Telegraph ^ | 08/13/2014 | Josie Ensor

Posted on 08/13/2014 1:07:30 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Robin Williams resented having to work on films such as the second Mrs Doubtfire but felt compelled in order to keep money coming in, a close friend of the actor has told the Telegraph.

Williams, who had been working on four projects when he was believed to have taken his own life this week, was said to have been dreading making more films as they "brought out his demons".

He had committed to starring in sequels to the hugely successful Mrs Doubtfire and Night in the Museum, as well as comedy Merry Friggin’ Christmas, and the drama Boulevard.

But according to his neighbour and friend of over a decade, he no longer wanted to work on films as he felt they were not conducive to his mental well-being.

"Robin had promised himself he would not do any more as he invested so much in his roles that it left him drained and particularly vulnerable to depressive episodes,” the friend told the paper.

"He signed up to do them purely out of necessity. He wasn’t poor, but the money wasn’t rolling in any more and life is expensive when you have to pay off two ex-wives and have a family to support.”

His friend, who declined to be named, said he last saw the actor three weeks ago when the two of them went on one of their regular bike rides around their hometown of Tiburon just north of San Francisco.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; robinwilliams
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To: Albion Wilde
"sever[e] depression/mental health issues " were due to cocaine, alcohol and godless liberalism.

Not so sure on that. We may have a 'Chicken-n-egg' argument at play here.

Was he mental because of drugs, or did he take drugs in excess because he was mental?

I don't have the answer to that, perhaps you do.

101 posted on 08/13/2014 6:49:58 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Killing yourself won’t solve your money problems either.


102 posted on 08/13/2014 8:01:12 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: Hugin

to be sure you’d also have to not have kids. lots of women live off of “child support”.


103 posted on 08/13/2014 11:39:06 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Michael.SF.; mmichaels1970

He was way too old for the self-medication with drugs and alcohol excuse. I may sound harsh, but I am old enough to have lived before the Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll revolution, and could see the difference in what people suddenly believed they were entitled to do once hallucenogens and cocaine hit the scene. If you have mental health issues, you still must choose — to fight and win or to give in. He gave in. Many, many times — too many to count. He harmed his children. Just wrong.


104 posted on 08/14/2014 12:10:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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To: trisham

I KNOW!!....that’s why I thought you would know there would be those exceptions.


105 posted on 08/14/2014 2:39:49 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“He had to work at things he didn’t like because he needed the money. Nobody does that.”

Exactly what I was thinking. Most of us eat s**t for employers in unglamorous jobs for 50 or 60 years in order to pay the bills and meet financial obligations. It’s called “life”. Why is he special?


106 posted on 08/14/2014 2:45:54 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Hugin
"Or don't get married."

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Sometimes "palimony" is tried. I think Lee Marvin was one of the earliest palimony cases.

107 posted on 08/14/2014 3:30:06 AM PDT by hummingbird (Mark Levin and Article 5. Period. 26 IS THE NEW 18. US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: Night Hides Not
"I'm thankful for the path that took me to where I am today."

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Gratitude can make all the difference.

Appreciate your post!

108 posted on 08/14/2014 3:34:48 AM PDT by hummingbird (Mark Levin and Article 5. Period. 26 IS THE NEW 18. US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: hummingbird

I tend to be the chivalrous type overall, but even from my perspective, the alimony and divorce set-up in the US is totally out of control, and in the broader picture, it’s doing a lot of damage to the conservative movement in the US. The productive earners and makers in US society see these ludicrous alimony awards and, for quite rational reasons, decide not to get married and to have kids since they want to protect their assets. So then who has the kids in US society these day? The takers, the ones without planning skills and those with little to lose. The dumb and very out-dated alimony laws in the US have everything to do with the broader disintegration of US society. And remember, divorce in the US is a “not-fault” system, so presumed transgressions in marriage don’t matter one bit. There are many cases in which a wife cheats on the husband while he’s posted on a military base and has a kid with another man— then asks for a divorce, and the husband has to pay alimony and child-support for a child that’s not even his! And in any case the millions Williams had to pay to his exes is way beyond anything reasonable, they did nothing at all to earn even 1/100 of all that money.

Practically every other country has recognized this— when I go overseas for my business, I get acquainted with the laws and culture there, and every other country outside the US has very strict limits on alimony and child support, and they don’t have all these parasitic 3rd parties (mainly the lawyers) running around and making so much money off it. If a spouse divorces, he or she is expected to take on the financial and social consequences of that, including making a living on their own after a certain (and reasonable) amount of support from the wealthier ex-spouse to help them up.

That’s it. None of this “striking it rich” from divorce like the US. This is one area where Europe as a whole does a much better job than the US does, in fact just about the entire world does it better than our parasitic system does.


109 posted on 08/14/2014 3:13:54 PM PDT by Javeth
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To: SeekAndFind
The ex-wives and their huge alimony checks killed this guy.

It amazes me that women are always demanding to be treated "equally" with men but on the other hand they demand to be financially supported by men. It's not like these women were Donna Reed "housewives" either, so the man could build a career - they had servants and whatnot catering to them during the marriage and contributed nothing to Robin's career. They basically leeched off of him, golddiggers that they are.

110 posted on 08/14/2014 3:19:18 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

RE: The ex-wives and their huge alimony checks killed this guy.

It has been revealed by his wife that he has early signs of Parkinson’s disease.

See here:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/14/showbiz/robin-williams-parkinsons-disease/


111 posted on 08/14/2014 3:21:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well it’s really whacky. $30m for this wife over here. $30m for this wife over there. When do men get their money? I get it. Men have to work for their money and then hand it over to women who do nothing all day but shop and complain about how hard they have it. Yes, I get the picture.


112 posted on 08/14/2014 5:14:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Albion Wilde
"It's the same voice thought that … you're standing at a precipice and you look down, there's a voice and it's a little quiet voice that goes, 'Jump,'" Williams told Sawyer.

"I don't like standing near the edge of a platform when an express train is passing through. I like to stand right back and if possible get a pillar between me and the train. I don't like to stand by the side of a ship and look down into the water. A second's action would end everything. A few drops of desperation." - Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Very similar. Churchill beat it. Williams didn't. But both conditions were very similar. Churchill was perpetually one bad decision away from the same fate. A horrible way to have to live.
113 posted on 08/14/2014 5:49:50 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: SamAdams76
The ex-wives and their huge alimony checks killed this guy.

Really? Could be his cocaine and alcohol hearty parties were why his wives were "ex". Not keeping his zipper up around the nanny was why he had more than one "ex." Where do you place his personal responsibility for making good choices for his life? Did the "exes" put the belt around his neck?

114 posted on 08/15/2014 7:59:04 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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To: mmichaels1970

It’s just that Churchill saved western civilization, and knew he was responsible for the lives of millions. Your comparison is only about fleeting emotions of the type to which Lincoln also admitted. But the responsibility they bore — no comparison.


115 posted on 08/15/2014 8:03:37 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("LEX REX." ("The law is the king.") -- Samuel Rutherford)
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To: mmichaels1970

If the story about him having the onset of Parkinson’s Disease is true, I could easily see that being the final straw.


116 posted on 08/15/2014 8:07:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Blue Highway

It’s been 32 years.


117 posted on 09/08/2014 8:34:22 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
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To: BlueStateRightist

It’s not a disease. It’s due to a chemical imbalance in the brain.


118 posted on 09/08/2014 8:37:27 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
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