Gene Wilder

When I was in desperate trouble for maybe eight or nine years, I went to a neuropsychiatrist. ”

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. ”

I feel alone and safe in 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 should never have said that. ”

I didn't want to be a comedian. I wanted to be an actor - maybe a comic actor, but a real actor - by real, I mean not a comedian. I wanted to be an actor. ”

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones. ”

What do actors really want? To be great actors? Yes, but you can't buy talent, so it's best to leave the word 'great' out of it. I think to be believed, onstage or onscreen, is the one hope that all actors share. ”

I'm an actor, not a clown. ”

I feel very Jewish, and I feel very grateful to be Jewish. But I don't believe in God or anything to do with the Jewish religion. ”

I don't like giving speeches. It makes me nervous. ”