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. — Gene Wilder

I’m an actor, not a clown. — Gene Wilder

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you’d say, ‘That’s what a child would do.’ — Gene Wilder

I know a lot of sad people who aren’t comedians. — Gene Wilder

I feel alone and safe in public. — Gene Wilder

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. — Gene Wilder

You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused. — Gilda Radner

I think clothes should make you feel safe. I like clothes you want to go to sleep in. I sometimes stand in front of a mirror and change a million times because I know I really want to wear my nightgown. — Gilda Radner

I was a milksop as a kid. I had no confidence, no guts. I felt I was going to be someone else someday–someone who didn’t have my weaknesses. — Gene Wilder

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it’s one of the most interesting ones. — Gene Wilder

Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn’t yearn to be believed when the audience is watching? — Gene Wilder

I would say that Lucy, ‘I Love Lucy,’ she was my idol. — Gilda Radner

I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity. — Gilda Radner

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. — Gene Wilder

I love acting, especially if it’s a fantasy of some kind, where it’s not just realistic, it’s not naturalism. — Gene Wilder

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive. — Gilda Radner

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

When Gene makes a movie, the people who work on it have such a love for him that the set is always a happy place. — Gilda Radner

Did I become an entertainer because my father died and I wanted to be what he loved? I don’t know. — Gilda Radner

I’m funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. — Gene Wilder

I’ve had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets. — Gene Wilder

When you fall in love, and you’re very young, you think that that’s the love of your life. And maybe it is, but it usually doesn’t turn out that way. — Gene Wilder

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life, and then you call it fate. — Gene Wilder

While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die–whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness. — Gilda Radner

Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary–it’s an act of infinite optimism. — Gilda Radner

There are those who open their hearts to others…who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make all the difference in our lives. — Gilda Radner

My life had made me funny, and cancer wasn’t going to change that. — Gilda Radner

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. — Gilda Radner

I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That’s too sad a story to go into. — Gene Wilder

I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well. — Gilda Radner

I’m not so funny. Gilda was funny. I’m funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else. — Gene Wilder

You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It’s like a flu bug that you catch … Even the plumber has a screenplay in his truck. — Gilda Radner

So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I’m doing that, then I snap out of it. — Gene Wilder

The thing I love about making movies is the peace of mind that I know I don’t have to be perfect the first time. I can be perfect the second time or the third time. — Gene Wilder

I had been a fan of Gene Wilder’s for many years, but the first time I saw him in person, my heart fluttered–I was hooked. It felt like my life went from black and white to Technicolor. — Gilda Radner