Gene Wilder Quotes
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I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!
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I trust if your life is right, the right things will happen at the right time. If the chords are in harmony inside, I think other things will happen in the same way. That sounded highfalutin' to me once, but I believe it now.
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I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life, and then you call it fate.
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I feel alone and safe in public.
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I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.
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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.
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If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.
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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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What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.
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I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He's really talented.'
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If something comes along that's really good, and I think I would be good for it, I'd be happy to do it. But not too many came along. I mean, they came along for the first, I don't know, 15, 18 films, but I didn't do that many. But then I didn't want to do the kind of junk I was seeing.
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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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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.
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There seems to be a pattern. I get one good script every two years.
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I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while.
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The world is not based on fairness. Human beings can rise to fairness, can administer something that makes it fair or just. But that's not God.
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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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Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.
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Success is a terrible thing and a wonderful thing. If you can enjoy it, it's wonderful. If it starts eating away at you, and they're waiting for more from me, or what can I do to top this, then you're in trouble. Just do what you love. That's all I want to do.
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I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.
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I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
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I'm an actor, not a clown.
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I'm not from Hollywood, and I'm also not one of the people who wants to do a tell-all, and I hate tell-alls. I didn't want to tell all.