From Huffpost: Apparently, the Academy Awards rejected the bid for "Aladdin" in the Best Adapted Screenplay category because so much of Williams role ended up being improvised. According to producer and director John Musker, Williams ended up improvising about 70 impressions to be used in the film as well. In a Reddit AMA, Williams explained:
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Initially they came in and I was just doing the scripted lines and I asked 'Do you mind if I try something?' and then 18 hours of recording later, they had the genie. I just started playing, and they said "just go with it, go with it, go with it." So I improvised the character. I think that in the end, there were something like 40 different voices that I did for that role.
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I can't do that. You can't do that. Pretty much no one else could do that. The sheer genius required to execute such a feat is no doubt driven by a madness that is barely kept under control.
Every day people perform heroic acts. Most of them are small and receive no notice. But often that is because those acts *can* be performed by others. Some things are only attainable by a select few, and society generally celebrates those people - for better, or for worse.
