“I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't...” — Gene Wilder Quote

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.

The world is not based on fairness. Human beings can rise to fairness, can administer something that makes it fair or just. But that's not God.

There seems to be a pattern. I get one good script every two years.

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.

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.

There's no job in show business that's harder than any other job outside show business.

I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business.

I just remember always wanting to make things. That was what was really interesting to me, but I had no career goal in sight. I didn't know anybody that had anything to do with show business.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.