Author: Gene Wilder

Quotes

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it.

- Gene Wilder

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

I love acting, especially if it's a fantasy of some kind, where it's not just realistic, it's not naturalism.

- Gene Wilder

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

- Gene Wilder

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

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

- Gene Wilder

I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.

I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.

- Gene Wilder

I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.

I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.

- Gene Wilder

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.

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

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

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

- Gene Wilder

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.'

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

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