Williams speaks fast, and laughs often.

When hes being himself though how can you tell?

his vocabulary is full of like, dude and big time surf-speak.

He nimbly evades anything getting serious by driving his answers full steam into entertaining anecdotes or gags.

He is both brilliant and completely exhausting.

Yes, Okay, Im in, George [Miller, director] is there right?

So thats kind of the prerogative, the parameters now with new films for doing acting roles.

Youve only played bad guys twice in your career…

Three actually.

The idea of playing those characters though, Id love to.

Do you have to give more of yourself to those roles?

Yeah, I see where youre going baby!

I once asked him Mr Lorre, what is it like to act?

and he says [Peter Lorre impression] I dont act, I just make faces.

But him with those eyes, him inM, oh God, thats one of the greatest portrayals ever.

Youve had a little break from film in the last few years havent you?

It was calledBengal Tiger In The Baghdad Zoo.

It was like this weird, heavily armedWaiting For Godot.

Was that your first time on Broadway?

Yeah, I didGodotyears ago with Steve Martin and F Murray Abraham and Bill Irwin but that was off-Broadway.

ButBengal Tigerwas a great play, it was just an interesting piece because it talks about the Iraq war.

Do you find that interesting scripts are rare to come by these days then?

Weve all probably got our own favourite Robin Williams characters, but whats yours?

Do you have a favourite accent to do?

Where does your love and talent for accents come from?

My mothers a Christian Scientist who had plastic surgery so thats a weird kind of double bill.

She was southern, so she had this kind of [female southern accent] terminal optimism.

Im on the phone right now with you.

I think that was the beginning of accents.

And then in school you start to make fun of teachers and then youre off and running.

A tear is a terrible thing to waste.

Im Robin Williams, part of Laughing Clowns…Call now…

I dont know Ive done both.

Are you still into gaming?

My favourite game isCall Of Duty,the new one, that andBattlefieldIve played through.

Do you do the accents playing multiplayer?

Je parle Francais, je suis ici, aidez-moi!

Je suis en la B4, la B4?

Would you be interested in doing voiceovers for games?

I play them, to be a game voice…

These games have the budgets of movies.

You watch, next year itll be [deep movie trailer voice] Hes back!

so no I dont think Ill do it.

But I know people who do and its interesting when you recognise the voices.

Theres one inGood Morning Vietnam.

There was a joke where a sergeant says Do you know what three up and three down means?

Aladdinwas one of the great voice roles because you changed the rules for animation voiceover.

It was 20 years ago, what has changed in your opinion in animation over the last 20 years?

The technology, it changes almost on a weekly basis, its immediate.

Not just 3D but the depth of field, the realism.

Next youre playing a priest?

What would really excite you for your next project?

So all the way through the movie people are saying Bob, how are you?

[Brilliantly exaggerated Walken impression] Not bad.

Are you still doing stand-up?

I will when I go back home, Ill have to start over.

I have to get back out on stage.

Its great, its good training and it pays the bills.

And youll be coming back to the UK with your new show?

Yeah, after a year.

It was fun, playing London was like, oooh, great.

Everybody was like [Scottish accent] Would you be prepared to come outside of London Robin?

Congratulations on your wedding, by the way.

Its not too late I hope to offer congratulations.

No, no, its not too late, it went well.

Were not the Kardashians [laughing].

Do you still believe in love?

Robin Williams, thank you very much!