--- description: Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy One man with a thousand voices brought joy to millions—but could not sustain it in himself Obama Can Still... title: TIME Magazine Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf34ef65099b8c3a2/69869f6655a859b19fa8226d/final-williams-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # In the Latest Issue (14 Aug 2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 10:45 AM CUT  Photograph by Nigel Parry—CPi by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 14, 2014 10:45 AM CUT [Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy](http://time.com/3110842/robin-williams-the-heart-of-comedy/ "undefined") One man with a thousand voices brought joy to millions—but could not sustain it in himself [Obama Can Still Secure His Legacy](http://time.com/3089178/obama-legacy/ "undefined") If he plays his last two years like the final quarter and not the back nine [An Evil That Must Be Stopped](http://time.com/3110824/an-evil-that-must-be-stopped/ "undefined") ISIS is the most serious threat to American interests in a decade. Why we must counter it [Last Tango in Buenos Aires](http://time.com/3110835/last-tango-in-buenos-aires/ "undefined") Argentina’s debt snarl tells us how risky the global financial system still is [Ferguson’s Fatal Encounter](http://time.com/3110829/ferguson-fatal-encounter/ "undefined") A police shooting puts the spotlight on race and lethal force in America [The Accidental War in Gaza](http://time.com/3110827/the-accidental-war-in-gaza/ "undefined") Entrenched interests drove Hamas and Israel to their deadliest impasse [What Comes After Ebola](http://time.com/3110832/what-comes-after-ebola/ "undefined") The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is buzzing because of a disease that has never killed a single person on U.S. soil. Here’s why [Kurds Finally Have America’s Attention](http://time.com/3110836/kurds-finally-have-americas-attention/ "undefined") Obama sends in the military to repel a gruesome terrorist army [Crashing the Core Curriculum](http://time.com/3110843/crashing-the-core-curriculum/ "undefined") New education standards have turned back-to-school into a battlefield [Memories of Mork: Robin Williams, RIP](http://time.com/3102128/robin-williams-dead-mork-remembrance/ "undefined") To the kids who watched him in his first defining role, Williams proved that weirdness wasn’t just O.K. — it was amazing [Basking in Robin](http://time.com/3110834/basking-in-robin/ "undefined") We trace the evolution of a decades-long career, one signature role at a time [Dick Cavett: Robin Williams Won’t Be the Last Suicidal Star](http://time.com/3106170/robin-williams-dead-dick-cavett-suicide-depression/ "undefined") “The non-actor has a major advantage because it’s harder to hide the symptoms” [10 More Questions With Robin Williams](http://time.com/3110844/10-more-questions-with-robin-williams/ "undefined") In March 2011, TIME interviewed Robin Williams. Here are 10 exchanges that didn’t fit the first time around [Milestones](http://time.com/3110825/milestones/ "undefined") [Lauren Bacall](http://time.com/3110822/lauren-bacall/ "undefined") Hollywood icon [Jim Frederick](http://time.com/3110837/jim-frederick/ "undefined") Writer, editor, mentor [James ‘Jim’ Brady](http://time.com/3110828/james-jim-brady/ "undefined") Former White House press secretary [The Master Critic](http://time.com/3110830/the-master-critic/ "undefined") [Briefing](http://time.com/3110839/briefing/ "undefined") [World](http://time.com/3110840/world/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3110885/in-the-latest-issue-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3110885/in-the-latest-issue-2/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (14 Aug 2014)","datePublished":"2014-08-14T10:45:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:04:12.952Z","description":"Robin Williams: The Heart of Comedy One man with a thousand voices brought joy to millions—but could not sustain it in himself Obama Can Still...","url":"https://time.com/3110885/in-the-latest-issue-2/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf34ef65099b8c3a2/69869f6655a859b19fa8226d/final-williams-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf34ef65099b8c3a2/69869f6655a859b19fa8226d/final-williams-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robin Williams Time Magazine Cover 140825","caption":"Robin Williams Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photograph by Nigel Parry—CPi","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":"https://time.com/3110885/in-the-latest-issue-2/","name":"In the Latest Issue (14 Aug 2014)"}}]}] ```