Did Robin Williams say: “You will have bad times, but they will always open your eyes to things that you did not pay attention to”?

For many years in social networks and on entertainment sites, this quote is attributed to an American actor. We found out whether this encouraging statement belongs to Williams.

Posts with the phrase “You will have bad times, but they will always open your eyes to things that you did not pay attention to” under the guise of quotes by Robin Williams very often place in “VKontakte". For example, in the public Naked Movie since 2021, these words are authored by the actor Published Seven times, in total, the records received 25,000 likes at 807,000 views. Similar publications are found on Facebook* (Examples here, here And here) And Instagram*, A Also on numerous entertainment sites With selection Quote.

In English, the phrase usually sounds like this: “You will have bad times, but the Will Always Wake You Up to the Stuff You Weren’t Paying Attend to”. Outside Runet, these words also often attribute to Williams - for example, the post of 2015 on Reddit Collected 4600 pluses. A similar situation observed and on foreign ones resources With quotes of celebrities.

If you drive the phrase of interest to us into the search line on YouTube, then among the results are the platform Issue Excerpts from the feature film "Clever Will Hunting"(1997). In this picture, Williams played the psychologist Sean Maguire, for the performance of which later received The Academy Award in the nomination "Best Supporting Male Role".

In one of the scenes of the film, the character of Williams, addressing his interlocutor, pronounces The desired words about bad times, but the formulation is slightly different from the common on the Internet: “Because you will have bad times, but they will always open your eyes to good things that you have not paid attention to” (“Cuse You Will Have Bad Times, But they Will Alway You Up To the Up To the Up To the Up To the Up To the Good Stuff You Weren’t Paying Attend to "). In the passage below, the desired fragment It begins At the mark 00:15.

The script of this dramatic tape was written by the actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - they also for their work also Received According to the statuette from the American film academy in the category "Best Original Scenario".

Since the statement is not attributed to the character, namely Williams, a logical question arises: maybe this phrase was not in the script and the actor himself came up with on the shooting? In fact in Scenarios There is this remark of the hero of Williams - however, it is very much different from the option uttered on the screen: “Because you will have your bad times that will open your eyes to good things that you did not pay attention to” ('' Case You'll Havy Youur Bad Times, Which Wake To the Up To THE Good Stuff You Weren't Paying Attend to ").

This is not the only case when Williams attributed a quote from the character he played. For example, previously "verified" Disassembled The words that the worst thing in life is death alone. This phrase was taken from the movie "The Best Dad."

*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities in Russia are prohibited.

Photo on the cover: Screenshot “Checked” / Frame from the movie “Clever Wall Hunting”

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