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On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.
Gene Wilder
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Gene Wilder
Age: 83 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 11
Died: 2016
Died: August 29
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Jerome Silberman
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I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.
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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.
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