访谈录 2014-08-21&08-23 美国娱乐周刊总编忆罗宾威廉姆斯

 Thank you, Jess, from of course People Magazine Entertainment Weekly, and we always love it when you come on. And this morning, a tough subject, because this is such a loss. But you know he was universally admired and loved in Hollywood, wasn’t he?

 

He really was. A lot of comedians¹ are known for being angry, I mean, that’s sort of the rap that they get. And you certainly couldn’t say that about Robin² Williams. He clearly was a very complex guy. But, by all accounts, he was always incredibly professional. He was very, very kind. Whether you were operating with the camera or acting³ with him, whether you were sitting in a movie theater, he wanted you to like him, he wanted to make you laugh and he was always on. And I think what’s so sad about this is we realize that manic energy was really -- he was masking such profound, you know, sadness and difficulties in his own life.

 

And we’ve heard that from many people saying that about tears of a clown (yeah). That’s something that we don’t realize that they are dealing⁴ with and as you said, in the same -- he was always on. And no one knew really about this side of him, did they?

 

No, and he never released his demons⁵ on the rest of us. You know, he really wanted to make the world a better place. He was -- whether he would decorate his house, you know, for the holidays and hang out with the kids, he loved children because they were a great audience, you know. They loved to, he loved to make them laugh. 

 

Childlike enthusiasm (yeah), everything(yeah). What do you think his legacy⁶ will be?

 

I think that he is like Jonathan Winters of a previous generation. He really defined a particular kind of comedy for a generation. And nobody, it’s really hard to find anybody who was ever had that kind of versatility⁷ as an actor, you know, that from "Mrs. Doubtfire" to the, you know, to the therapist in "Good will hunting," he just -- I think his own, I think again on his own complexities⁸ also made him a great actor. He just embraced everyone.

 

He still embraced everyone. Do you know what I mean? On screen and off screen, he seems like…

 

He was best at playing himself. That’s what somebody said and I think that’s so true when you see all those clips over the years. 

 

Yeah, a very generous guy too. You saw the clips of him and the troupes⁹, and he did a lot of charity work. 

 

Of the homeless.

 

Yeah.

 

Hey, Jess, we thank you so much. Always so great to see you here.

 

Thank you. 

 

And thanks for sharing your thoughts on the one only with Robin Williams.

1 comedians   

n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
• He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 demons   

n.恶人( demon的名词复数 )；恶魔；精力过人的人；邪念

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他为心魔所困扰，那可追溯至他饱受创伤的童年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

7 versatility   

n.多才多艺，多样性，多功能

参考例句：

• Versatility is another of your strong points,but don't overdo it by having too many irons in the fire.你还有一个长处是多才多艺，但不要揽事太多而太露锋芒。
• This versatility comes from a dual weather influence.这种多样性是由于双重的气候影响而形成的。

8 complexities   

复杂性(complexity的名词复数)； 复杂的事物

参考例句：

• The complexities of life bothered him. 生活的复杂使他困惑。
• The complexities of life bothered me. 生活的杂乱事儿使我心烦。

9 troupes   

n. （演出的）一团, 一班 vi. 巡回演出

参考例句：

• There are six Kunqu opera troupes left in the country. 整个国家现在只剩下六个昆剧剧团。
• Note: Art performance troupes include within and outside of the system. 注：艺术表演团体统计口径调整为含系统内、系统外两部分。