"When the gods gift you - - - "
Terry Gilliam, who directed Williams in the Golden Globe-winning film The Fisher King, said the star's comedic talent had been "a miracle", but such a gift "doesn't come from nothing".
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"When the gods gift you with the kind of talent Robin had, there's a price to pay," the Monty Python star told the BBC.
"It comes from deep problems inside. A concern, all sorts of fears. Yet he could always channel those things and turn them into gold.
"I think that comes with the territory."