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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Away Do What You Love Eating Enjoy Just Love Me More Starts Success Success Is Terrible Terrible Thing Then Thing Top Trouble Waiting Want What You Love Wonderful Wonderful Thing You

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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Actor After Anyone Attack Comic Did Doctor First First Time Funny Funny Things Had Heart Her Laugh Laughed Make Mother Said She Things Time Tried Try I Tried

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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Believe Chords Happen Harmony Inside Life Me Now Once Other Right Right Things Right Time Same Things Think Time Trust Way Will Your I Think I Believe

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Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Fact In Fact Interesting Most Pride Sins Worst

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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Audacity Brooks Far Go Learned Life Maybe Performance Too Try You

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

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Acting Fantasy Just Kind Love Naturalism Realistic Some Where I Love

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I'm an actor, not a clown.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Actor Clown

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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

Topics: Do Unto Others Going Others Period Religion Tell Them Unto Would You

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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Another Because Believe Call Demon Demons Devils Drives Even Everyone God Kind Know Name Never One Time Some Them Thought Time You

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

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Career Good Good Life Had Life No Regrets Regrets Very

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: June 11th, 1933

Died: August 29th, 2016

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