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. Furthermore, I love it.

— Gene Wilder

I feel alone and safe in public.

— Gene Wilder

If you're not going to tell the truth, then why start talking?

— Gene Wilder

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

— Gene Wilder

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

— Gene Wilder

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 should never have said that.

— Gene Wilder

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 once, but I believe it now.

— Gene Wilder

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

— Gene Wilder

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

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're in trouble. Just do what you love. That's all I want to do.

— Gene Wilder