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Article: ROBIN WILLIAMS A PERFECT '10' IN COMIC WORLD.(TIMEOUT)

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August 8, 1996
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Byline: Joyce J. Persico Newhouse News Service

Tom Cruise may be more handsome, Tom Hanks more award-laden and Jim Carrey higher-paid, but no one lures people into movie theaters the way the Pied Piper named Robin Williams does.

Over the past 12 years, Williams has had seven films that passed the magic $100 million mark, two more than Hanks and Cruise, three more than Carrey and Julia Roberts, and four more than Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So, what's his secret formula? How does he preserve his gift?

''Formaldehyde is great,'' he replies, unable to resist a cheap laugh before reverting to his ...

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