Gene Wilder

Quotes by Gene Wilder

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Actor · American · 1933–2016

American actor (1933–2016)

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Popular Quotes

“I feel alone and safe in public.”

“I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.”

“If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?”

“It's difficult to continue loving someone who shits on you.”

“I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.”

“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.”

Common Themes

Know Love truth love respect Life Time Believe Wife Laugh Business Acting Daughter Lost Long People Comedians Waiting Safe Feel Public Beautiful Mother Stupid

“If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?”
— Gene Wilder
truth

“It's difficult to continue loving someone who shits on you.”
— Gene Wilder
love respect

“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...”
— Gene Wilder
Life Time Believe

“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
Wife Laugh Know

“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
Love Business Acting

“I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.”
— Gene Wilder
Daughter Lost Long

“I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.”
— Gene Wilder
People Know Comedians

“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...”
— Gene Wilder
Love Waiting

“I feel alone and safe in public.”
— Gene Wilder
Safe Feel Public

“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 sho...”
— Gene Wilder
Beautiful Mother Stupid