Gene Wilder Quotes

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen.

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light.

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.

I can't seem to escape comedy. Whenever I sit down and try to write something serious, it just doesn't work.

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine. Like, if Jerry Seinfeld wasn't funny, you'd want to punch him in the face; he'd just seem like a whiner to you. But the fact is that he's funny.

If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.

I have deep comedic roots, and I want to be funny.

I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously.

Humor is a very important thing. It is a natural predilection. It is an emotional release.

I'm pretty goofy. I laugh at my own jokes.

I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things.

Making people laugh is magic. I feel like if you have humility, then you can do anything in comedy.

It's good just to laugh sometimes, and if it comes out of some truth, it's even stronger.

Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make people laugh, so writing comedy comes naturally to me.

Humor is such a wonderful thing, helping you realize what a fool you are but how beautiful that is at the same time.

Amy Sedaris makes me laugh harder than anybody.

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortune.

To make my brothers and my sister laugh was the greatest joy to me in my life. I like people who can make fun of themselves a lot.

Comedy is just honesty. Whether things are going well or bad.

The characters I play are tough, but I love laughing and humor.

If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.

I'm a guy who has more slapstick than Joe Cool moments in his day, so I'm not taking myself so seriously.

I feel like I've always thought of myself as a comedian.