On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have another chance if you want it. You know,… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
If something comes along that's really good, and I think I would be good for it, I'd be happy to do it.… — 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