Sam Neill: Robin Williams was the loneliest man on a lonely planet
Hollywood star Sam Neill has described Robin Williams as the "loneliest man on a lonely planet".
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Sam Neill thinks Robin Williams was the "saddest person" he's ever met.
The comedy star committed suicide in August 2014, and Sam - who worked alongside him on the 1999 movie 'Bicentennial Man' - has now opened up about their friendship, describing Robin as the "funniest person" he ever worked with.
In his new memoir, 'Did I Ever Tell You This?', he writes: "He had fame, he was rich, people loved him, great kids - the world was his oyster. And yet I felt more sorry for him than I can express. He was the loneliest man on a lonely planet."
Sam remembers Robin - who died aged 63 - as being "inconsolably solitary, and deeply depressed".
On the other hand, the comedian had the ability to make everyone else around him laugh and smile.
Sam added: "Funny stuff just poured out of him. And everybody was in stitches, and when everybody was in stitches, you could see Robin was happy."
