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I don't want to do 'Hamlet.' ...

I don't want to do 'Hamlet.' I don't want to do Robert Redford roles or Mel Gibson roles or Kevin Costner roles, because I'm not going to be good at them.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

Her business manager said, yo...

Her business manager said, you know, Gilda [Radner] left you that house. That's when I decided to stay and test it out. And after about a month, the roots grew, and I didn't ever want to live anywhere else for the rest of my life - travel, yes, but not to live anywhere else.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I met Mel [Brooks] backstage ...

I met Mel [Brooks] backstage in Anne's [Bancroft] dressing room. He was wearing one of those pea coats, pea jackets that were made famous by the Merchant Marines, and I admired it and he said, "You know, they used to call this a urine jacket, but it didn't sell."

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I wanted to be an actor. Mayb...

I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

Anyway, when I got out of the...

Anyway, when I got out of the Army, I went to see a therapist. And she said, what seems to be the trouble? And I said I want to give all my money away. And she said, how much do you have? And I said, I owe $300. She stared at me for several seconds, and she said, I see. Well, let's get to work. And maybe by the time you do have some money, you'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

The suspense is terrible. I h...

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I'm not very funny in real li...

I'm not very funny in real life. I used to want to be a comedian when I was 13, 14, 15, till I saw "Death Of A Salesman" with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I've read everything printed ...

I've read everything printed in English that Freud has written. It helped me a great deal.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

What I learned from Mel Brook...

What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I feel very Jewish, and I fee...

I feel very Jewish, and I feel very grateful to be Jewish. But I don't believe in God or anything to do with the Jewish religion.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I don't mean to sound - I don...

I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I'm not a natural writer like...

I'm not a natural writer like, let's say - I'm not talking about Arthur Miller; that's a whole other thing - but let's say Woody Allen. But the more I've written, the more I've found that there is a deep well in me somewhere that wants to express things that I'm not going to find unless I write them myself.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

A lot of comic actors derive ...

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.'

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I'm going to tell you what my...

I'm going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

If my mother hadn't laughed a...

If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I'm not so funny. Gilda was f...

I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else.

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I'm in complete remission. I'...

I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

When your mother gives you co...

When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

What do actors really want? T...

What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

I never used to believe in fa...

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life, and then you call it fate.

Gene Wilder 55 quotes

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