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I'd like to do a comedy with Emma Thompson. I admire her as an actress so much. I love her. And I didn't know it until recently that her whole career started in comedy.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Actress Admire Career Comedy Her Know Like Love Much Recently Started Thompson Until Whole I Love

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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

Topics: About Anything Anything Else Being Camera Else Funny Life Liked More Once She Sometimes Spent Than Time While Worrying

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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

Topics: Correct Doing Feel Idea Much Neurotic Out Snap Spending Then Time Too Too Much Too Much Time Trying Wrong I Feel

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Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Art Direction Film Great Great Art Great Film Same Same Thing Thing

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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.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Am Back Bad Books Break Come Give Glass Go Home Kiss Like Lucky More Out Rather Really Some Take Tea Wife Write Writing I Am I Can

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I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Alive Complete Remission Well

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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

Topics: Audience Basic Character Greatest Him Hollywood Lead Leading Lover Made Mistake Neurotic Normal Ordinary Ordinary Person Perfectly Person Sane Sent Should World

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Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like writing now much more than I do acting only because, well, partly because the scripts that are offered are junk.

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Acting After Because Hard Hard Work Junk Like Lots Me More Much Now Offered Old Only Partly Scripts Started Than Things Think Well Work Writing Years I Think

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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.'

~Gene Wilder

Topics: Advice Boy Give He Mothers Really Say Stopped Talented Who Wilder Would You Young Mr

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I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

~Gene Wilder

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: June 11th, 1933

Died: August 29th, 2016

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