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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.'
Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love.
And after three sessions like that, they took out seven million stem cells. Then you go into the hospital in isolation and they do - I did four - I had full body radiation... (more Gene Wilder quotes)
Gene has worked as a: writer, actor, actor, director, toy salesman, fencing teacher, and a chauffeur.
Gene was diagnosed with Non Hidgkins Lymphoma in 1999, and underwent Chemotherapy to fight the Cancer.
Gene starred in four movies with the same plot line: he as an innocent man, wrongly accused of a crime, Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Hanky Panky.
Gene first acted with Richard Pryor in 1976, in the comedy... (more Gene Wilder trivia)