Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
[Gilda Radner] was in the in vitro fertilization program, and it nearly, nearly drove us apart, too. She wanted that baby, so… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free. — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
At the time, I didn't know why, but I know now that when I was a little boy, I was scared to… — 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
The big catalyst was seeing my sister, when I was 11, doing a dramatic recital. When I saw her on the stage… — 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
![“[Gilda Radner] was in the in vitro fertilization program, and it nearly, nearly drove us apart, too. She wanted that baby, so badly, and it didn't work. Oddly enough, when we were doing "Haunted Honeymoon" in London, she did become pregnant for about 10 days, but then she lost it. But, anyway, my…” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cc5/gene-wilder-3914_baby_gilda-radner-was-in-the-in-vitro-fertili_815051.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)
