Robin Williams portray the deep-driven man. From Dustin Hoffman, with whom he co-starred in "Hook", he learned to take on totally different character types, and to transform his characters by extreme preparation. Mike Medavoy, producer of "Hook", told its director, Steven Spielberg, that he intentionally teamed up Hoffman and Williams for the film because he knew they wanted to work together, and that Williams welcomed the opportunity of working with Spielberg. Williams benefited from working with Woody Allen, who directed him and Billy Crystal in "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), as Allen had knowledge of the fact that Crystal and Williams had often performed
Robin Williams one-man show (and subsequent DVD) "Robin Williams: Live on Broadway" (2002). He was voted 13th on Comedy Central's list "100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" in 2004. Williams and Billy Crystal were in an unscripted cameo at the beginning of an episode of the third season of "Friends". His many TV appearances included an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", and he starred in an episode of "". In 2010, he appeared in a sketch with Robert De Niro on "Saturday Night Live", and in 2012, guest-starred as himself in two FX series, "Louie" and "Wilfred". In May 2013,