There Was Far More to Robin Williams Than His Legendary Comedy Career

He Started His Career in the Unlikeliest of Places

After Robin left Juilliard, he wasn’t unable to find work as an actor in his hometown of San Francisco. He saw a flyer for a comedy workshop taking place inside a nearby church and decided to attend.

It All Began in a Church Basement

“So I went to this workshop in the basement of a Lutheran church, and it was stand-up comedy, so you don’t get to improvise with others, but I started off doing, ostensibly, it was just like improvising but solo,” he said. “And then I started to realize, ‘Oh.’ I started building an act from there.”