I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track.
I feel very Jewish, and I feel very grateful to be Jewish. But I don't believe in God or anything to do with the Jewish religion.
I've become pretty philosophical about a lot of things, including death. It doesn't get to me.
I had a daughter and lost her a long while ago. That's too sad a story to go into.
Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.
And in 'Frisco Kid' and in 'The Woman in Red' I had to ride badly. Then you have to really ride well in order to ride badly.
I've read everything printed in English that Freud has written. It helped me a great deal.
What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.
I'm going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito.
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.
If there's an audience, I think they're going to expect me to be funny. But what if I'm not funny? What if I fail?
What good is a character who's always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret?
I've had a very good life and a very good career. I have no regrets.
When your mother gives you confidence about anything that you do, you carry that confidence with you.
I live in a small town in Connecticut, and they don't write scripts there, but I get them anyway because my agent is in Los Angeles.
Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!
My wife and I water color, paint water colors.
I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while.
I know a lot of sad people who aren't comedians.
I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.
When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy.
When I was in desperate trouble for maybe eight or nine years, I went to a neuropsychiatrist.
I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He's really talented.'
There seems to be a pattern. I get one good script every two years.
I feel alone and safe in public.
