Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder
Jerome Silberman, known professionally as Gene Wilder, is an American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 June 1933
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
heart fancy
Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?
careers actresses comedy
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.
mean acting want
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.
writing track laughing
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.
mistake character should-have
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.
acting actors comic
I wanted to be an actor. Maybe a comic actor, but an actor. That's what got me into acting was putting on an act, because in life, I wasn't funny and I felt on stage or in the movies, I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.
cameras sometimes sometimes-in-life
I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while.
shoes taste hats
To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.
littles surprise dangerous
Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.
real being-real ifs
If the physical thing you're doing is funny, you don't have to act funny while doing it...Just be real and it will be funnier
sheep tables
Dont put the sheep on the table.
book writing home
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.
believe names devil
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.
stage wanted
On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.