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Little surprises around every corner, but nothing dangerous.

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Gene Wilder
Age: 83 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 11
Died: 2016
Died: August 29
Actor
Comedian
Diarist
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Writer
Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Jerome Silberman
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I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.
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In fact, [Gene Wilder] had made a hysteric seem considerably less funny in his film debut as a terrified undertaker in Bonnie And Clyde. And neurotics soon became his stock-in-trade, whether he was playing the weird title character in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory...
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We gave each other a hug, [Richard Pryor] said how much he admired me, I said how much I admired him, and we started working the next morning, and we hit it off really well, and he taught me how to improvise on camera.
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For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius!
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.This was said by gene wilder ... what does it mean ?
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Where is fancy bred, in the heart or in the head?
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Dont put the sheep on the table.
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Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!
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I met Richard Pryor for the first time in Calgary, in Canada. A very quiet, modest meeting.
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If you're not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?
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My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.
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I was miscast in that production [of Mother Courage and Her Children] ... but it was with Anne Bancroft, whose boyfriend at the time was Mel Brooks, and that made my - I can't say my day, it made my life, in a way.
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I met Mel [Brooks] backstage in Anne's [Bancroft] dressing room. He was wearing one of those pea coats, pea jackets that were made famous by the Merchant Marines, and I admired it and he said, You know, they used to call this a urine jacket, but it didn't sell.
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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.
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Zero Mostel wasn't afraid of authority in any form, and that's the part that influenced me the most.
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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.
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On stage or in the movies I could do whatever I wanted to. I was free.
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I wanted to do - there was this film called 'Magic' that Anthony Hopkins did. And the director wanted me. The writer wanted me. Joe Levine said no, I don't want any comedians in this.
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When you please your mother by doing something, it gives you confidence that you can please other people.
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Gene Wilder often said that his job as an actor wasn't to make something funny but to make it real.
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