--- ---  # Robin Williams: Comic Jen Kirkman Says He 'Wasn't Jaded' by [Larry Getlen](https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Aug 12, 2014 10:26 PM UTC  Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images; Reed Saxon—AP by [Larry Getlen](https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/) ## Larry Getlen Aug 12, 2014 10:26 PM UTC Robin Williams, [who died Monday at age 63](http://time.com/3101990/robin-williams-dead-63/), won an Academy Award in 1998 for his role in _Good Will Hunting._ But Jen Kirkman, a stand-up comic, author and longtime _Chelsea Lately_ panelist, saw firsthand how winning acting’s highest dramatic honor did nothing to curb Williams’ humility or his love for comedy. She remembers the late actor as supportive of young talent: --- > “” --- Robin Williams: Jen Kirkman Says He "Wasn't Jaded" ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3104818/robin-williams-dead-jen-kirkman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3104818/robin-williams-dead-jen-kirkman/"},"headline":"Robin Williams: Comic Jen Kirkman Says He 'Wasn't Jaded'","datePublished":"2014-08-12T22:26:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:37:53.593Z","description":"\"He just really wanted to see what young people were doing and laughing at,\" she says","url":"https://time.com/3104818/robin-williams-dead-jen-kirkman/","keywords":["remembrance","celebrity","obit","robin williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18d8cfc3758c1c41/69869f48169ab00d4c27ab39/robin-williams-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Larry Getlen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/larry-getlen/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18d8cfc3758c1c41/69869f48169ab00d4c27ab39/robin-williams-5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Williams Death","caption":"Robin Williams Death","creditText":"Paul Drinkwater—NBC/Getty Images; Reed Saxon—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3104818/robin-williams-dead-jen-kirkman/","name":"Robin Williams: Comic Jen Kirkman Says He 'Wasn't Jaded'"}}]}] ```