Newlyweds: Robin Williams with wife Susan Schneider at the Los Angeles premiere of Happy Feet TwoRobin Williams got married for the third time last month, much to everyone's surprise, including, possibly, his own.
After all, two high-profile divorces had reportedly cost him more than £20 million in settlements, and his on-stage humour — once delightfully surreal ('Do you think God gets high? I think so, look at the platypus') — had taken a bitter turn.
Alter ego: Movie characters Lovelace, left, voiced by Robin Williams, and Mumble, right, voiced by Elijah Wood, pose on arrival for the world premiere of the movie 'Happy Feet Two' in Hollywood'Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her my house,' he would philosophise.
'Alimony comes from the Latin word meaning to rip a man's genitals out through his wallet.'
But something happened to soften him up, for he and graphic designer Susan Schneider slipped away to a smart hotel in California's Napa Valley and exchanged vows in front of what Williams calls 'a guest list of ordinary people nobody's ever heard of'.
So what made the 60-year-old comedy actor change his mind about marriage? 'Well, I'm certainly not having a mid-life crisis', he says. 'I had that 20 years ago!' As, indeed, he did, constantly teetering on the edge of a breakdown through drink and drugs.
Relaxed: Elijah Wood and Robin Williams attending the Happy Feet Two premiere - and it seems Robin is certainly happy with his new relationship'You think, "Be grateful for what you have," instead of looking around to get something else. You probably learn not to repeat the same mistakes, to be more accepting.
'And I'm enjoying being married, and really being present. I was present with the other marriages, but . . . ' he trails off.
So this marriage is for ever? There is a touch of his old cynicism — or is it a new realism — in his reply. 'You never know. You just take it on a daily basis,' he says.
source: dailymail
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