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Gene Wilder Quotes

So shines a good deed... in a weary world Picture Quote #1

Time is a precious thing. Never waste it Picture Quote #1

Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous Picture Quote #1

I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor Picture Quote #1

Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head? Picture Quote #1

What is essential is invisible to the eye, Picture Quote #1

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As they say in Corsica... Goodbye Picture Quote #1

If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn’t going well, you can’t say - well, you could say - let’s stop. Let’s start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous Picture Quote #1

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I never thought of it as God. I didn’t know what to call it. I don’t believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them Picture Quote #1

I wanted to do - there was this film called ‘Magic’ that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don’t want any comedians in this Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple Picture Quote #1

My basic mistake in ‘The World’s Greatest Lover’ was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That’s why I call it irony Picture Quote #1

I’m funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people Picture Quote #1

I found a very diabolical way of making myself suffer - not in the same way [my mother ] was suffering but to prevent me from enjoying my own life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded Picture Quote #1

The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last Picture Quote #1

Gene Wilder often said that his job as an actor wasn’t to make something funny but to make it real Picture Quote #1

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So shines a good deed... in a weary world (Gene Wilder Quotes) Time is a precious thing. Never waste it (Gene Wilder Quotes) Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous (Gene Wilder Quotes) I want to be an actor, maybe a comic actor but a real actor (Gene Wilder Quotes) Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head? (Gene Wilder Quotes) What is essential is invisible to the eye, (Gene Wilder Quotes) As they say in Corsica... Goodbye (Gene Wilder Quotes) If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking? (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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 (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) I love the art of acting, and I love film, because you always have anther chance if you want it. You know, if we - if this isn’t going well, you can’t say - well, you could say - let’s stop. Let’s start over again, Gene, because you were too nervous (Gene Wilder Quotes) I never thought of it as God. I didn’t know what to call it. I don’t believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them (Gene Wilder Quotes) I wanted to do - there was this film called ‘Magic’ that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don’t want any comedians in this (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 (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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 (Gene Wilder Quotes) Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple (Gene Wilder Quotes) My basic mistake in ‘The World’s Greatest Lover’ was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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. (Gene Wilder Quotes) But the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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 Quotes) I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That’s why I call it irony. (Gene Wilder Quotes) I’m funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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 Quotes) When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people. (Gene Wilder Quotes) I found a very diabolical way of making myself suffer - not in the same way [my mother ] was suffering but to prevent me from enjoying my own life. (Gene Wilder Quotes) 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. (Gene Wilder Quotes) Gene Wilder characters wanted to be calm, but to the great delight of audiences, they rarely succeeded (Gene Wilder Quotes) The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last (Gene Wilder Quotes) Gene Wilder often said that his job as an actor wasn’t to make something funny but to make it real (Gene Wilder Quotes)

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