Author: Gene Wilder

Quotes

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

Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.

Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.

- 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

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

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

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 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

So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.

So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.

- Gene Wilder

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