I was so afraid to feel free to enjoy my own life if my mother was sick and suffering everyday of her's. I didn't think I had the right.
Gene WilderI put out my hand to shake hands with Zero Mostel, and he took my hand [and] he pulled me up to his face, and he gave me a kiss on the lips. And all my nervousness went out the window.
Gene WilderBut the acting process - create a human being - was real, not only to the audience, but real to me.
Gene WilderI never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That's why I call it irony.
Gene Wilder