I like - it's not that I want to be someone different from me, but I suppose it partly is that. I… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
In fact, [Gene Wilder] had made a hysteric seem considerably less funny in his film debut as a terrified undertaker in "Bonnie… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
What good is a character who's always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret? — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
You say the character [of Leo Bloom] was meek and insecure, and you could've been describing me as well. I was a… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
[Gilda Radner] died in '89, and I got non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000. I've just passed the five-year mark and I'm now what you call… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I like - it's not that I want to be someone different from me, but I suppose it partly is that. I love creating… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I live in a small town in Connecticut, and they don't write scripts there, but I get them anyway because my agent is in… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
On screen, Gene Wilder could often be summed up as an accident waiting to happen, that frizzy, flyaway hair, the eyes darting this way… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Gene Wilder often said that his job as an actor wasn't to make something funny but to make it real. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
![“In fact, [Gene Wilder] had made a hysteric seem considerably less funny in his film debut as a terrified undertaker in "Bonnie And Clyde." And neurotics soon became his stock-in-trade, whether he was playing the weird title character in "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory..."” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ad/gene-wilder-3914_character_in-fact-gene-wilder-had-made-a-hysteric_1989008.jpg)
![“You say the character [of Leo Bloom] was meek and insecure, and you could've been describing me as well. I was a very shy person in those days, and working with Zero [Mostel], who was bigger than life, helped me grow. Zero was a strong influence on me.” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/668/gene-wilder-3914_bigger_you-say-the-character-of-leo-bloom-was-m_2953858.jpg)
![“[Gilda Radner] died in '89, and I got non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000. I've just passed the five-year mark and I'm now what you call - well, it's called complete remission, but I'm cured. I'm fine.” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a19/gene-wilder-3914_died_gilda-radner-died-in-89-and-i-got-non-ho_55482.jpg)
