I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor - by real, I mean not a comedian. I wanted to be an actor. Gene Wilder actorcomediancomic Change image and share on social
When you fall in love, and you're very young, you think that that's the love of your life. And maybe it is, but it usually doesn't turn out that way. Gene Wilder falllifelove Change image and share on social
When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you. Gene Wilder carryconfidencemother Change image and share on social
Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today. Gene Wilder americaauthenticbrook Change image and share on social
I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Gene Wilder formhodgkinlymphoma Change image and share on social
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 actorbehaviorchild Change image and share on social
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 feelgodgrateful Change image and share on social
Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like writing now much more than I do acting only because, well, partly because the scripts that are offered are junk. Gene Wilder acthardjunk share on social
I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was ugly. My dad heard it and just laughed it off, but I felt guilty. It haunted me for years. I should never have said that. Gene Wilder beautifuldadfelt share on social
Whatever simplicity I've achieved in writing, I think I owe most of it to Jean Renoir and Hemingway: simple, declarative sentences. I've read some very good writers, but the sentences were so long that I've forgotten what the point was. Gene Wilder achievedeclarativeforget share on social
