LOS ANGELES -- Robin Williams is an improv artisan, an Oscar-winning dramatic actor and the kind of off-the-cuff performer who seems to live in a perpetual animated state of comic creation. In his latest film, "License to Wed," Williams plays an over-the-top pastor who puts a young, ready-to-marry couple through an intrusive pre-wedding prep course. He shifts gears for "August Rush," a dramatic fable due this fall.
Then he'll double-clutch back to comedy, with 2008's "Old Dogs" opposite John Travolta, and a planned return to the road with his stand-up act. Williams talked recently with the Associated Press. Q You bounce between comedy and drama.
Do you approach them differently? A No, not really. Sometimes with a comedy it's just having the instinct of how real you play it and what level you want it.
I think for me it's the same amount of work and preparation. Q Do you have a preference? A My preference is live performance because you get the feedback.
There's an energy. That's why I LOS ANGELES -- Robin Williams is an improv artisan, an Oscar-winning dramatic actor and the kind of off-the-cuff performer who seems to live in a perpetual animated state of comic creation.
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