“When people, especially from France, would ask me to talk about or so they could write about New York Jewish humor, I'd say I don't know anything about New York Jewish humor. I know who Zero Mostel was and I know Mel Brooks, but that's about all I could tell you about New York Jewish humor.” PeopleKnowsWritingAsksNew YorkFranceAsk MeZeroKnow MeBrooksJewish Humor Author:Gene Wilder
“I certainly didn't have New York Jewish humor. But I was in three Mel Brooks films so people thought I was a connoisseur of New York Jewish humor.” PeopleFilmThreeNew YorkBrooksConnoisseurJewish Humor Author:Gene Wilder
“My humor is - was quite different. Mine was "Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" and "The World's Greatest Lover" and "Haunted Honeymoon," "The Woman In Red," things - "See No Evil, Hear No Evil." But his was much broader, and I think much funnier, too.” ThinkingWorldDifferentEvilMinesBrotherLoversRedSmarterHolmesHoneymoon Author:Gene Wilder
“I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.” ActorsClassFrontsCamerasStudios Author:Gene Wilder
“Anyway, when I got out of the Army, I went to see a therapist. And she said, what seems to be the trouble? And I said I want to give all my money away. And she said, how much do you have? And I said, I owe $300. She stared at me for several seconds, and she said, I see. Well, let's get to work. And maybe by the time you do have some money, you'll be wise enough to know what to do with it.” KnowsWantGivingWellsSaidEnoughSeemsWiseTroubleArmySecondsBeing WiseTherapists Author:Gene Wilder
“I found a very diabolical way of making myself suffer - not in the same way [my mother ] was suffering but to prevent me from enjoying my own life.” WayMotherSufferingFoundEnjoyMy OwnMy Own LifeDiabolical Author:Gene Wilder
“[Gilda Radner] was in the in vitro fertilization program, and it nearly, nearly drove us apart, too. She wanted that baby, so badly, and it didn't work. Oddly enough, when we were doing "Haunted Honeymoon" in London, she did become pregnant for about 10 days, but then she lost it. But, anyway, my odyssey with Gilda was wonderful, funny, torturous, painful and sad. It was - it went the full gamut.” EnoughWantedLostWonderfulBabyProgramPainfulLondonPregnantHoneymoonOdysseyFertilization Author:Gene Wilder
“There wasn't a funeral per se. I buried [Gilda Radner] 3 miles from her house that she had bought just shortly before we met. It was an old house, old colonial house, 1734. And there were just a few friends at the funeral, a nonsectarian cemetery. And an old friend of hers from junior high school or high school was the rabbi in town, and he performed the service.” SchoolHouseMetsHigh SchoolTownsMilesBuriedFuneralJuniorsOld FriendsCemeteryJunior HighRabbiFew FriendsOld HousesHigh School Junior Author:Gene Wilder
“I came home [after funerals] and I thought if I go back to California, where I had a small house, I don't think I'll ever come east again. So I decided to stay and go through the halls and stairways, talk to Gilda Radner, holler, express some of my anger and make sure there were no ghosts in the hallways that I should ever be afraid of.And then I found out - it sounds strange, but I found out she had left me the house. We never talked about her dying and what she was going to leave me or I would ever leave her. We just didn't talk about those things.” IfsThinkingShouldHomeFoundHouseLeftSoundDyingStrangeDecidedEastGhostCaliforniaHallsFuneralLeaving MeHallwaysStairways Author:Gene Wilder
“Her business manager said, you know, Gilda [Radner] left you that house. That's when I decided to stay and test it out. And after about a month, the roots grew, and I didn't ever want to live anywhere else for the rest of my life - travel, yes, but not to live anywhere else.” KnowsWantSaidHouseLeftGrewMonthsRootsDecidedTestsManagers Author:Gene Wilder
