American - Actor | June 11, 1933 - August 29, 2016
When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.
Gene Wilder
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I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.
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I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous.
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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.'
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I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.
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My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering? So whenever I got happy about something, I felt the need to cut it off, and the only way to cut it off was to pray. 'Forgive me Lord.' For what, I didn't know.
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I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
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What good is a character who's always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret?
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The thing I love about making movies is the peace of mind that I know I don't have to be perfect the first time. I can be perfect the second time or the third time.
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My wife and I water color, paint water colors.
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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.
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And in 'Frisco Kid' and in 'The Woman in Red' I had to ride badly. Then you have to really ride well in order to ride badly.
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