Gene Wilder movie quotes

183 quotes from 7 movies

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) as Willy Wonka

View Quote [singing] In spring time, the only pretty ring time. Birds sing, hey ding, A-ding A-ding. Sweet Lovers love...the Spring. [from As You Like It by William Shakespeare.]

View Quote [softly singing, then shouting, on the famous boat ride] There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going. There's no knowing where we're rowing, or which way the river's flowing. Is it raining? is it snowing? is a hurricane a-blowing? Not a speck of light is showing, so the danger must be growing, AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!!!

View Quote Adieu! Adieu! Parting is such sweet sorrow. [From William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2. Originally "Good night! Good night! Parting etc."]

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Young Frankenstein (1974) as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

View Quote [dreaming] I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it. [pauses] All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!

View Quote [after reanimation was unsuccessful] Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace. [pause, then begins choking lifeless creature] SON OF A BITCH! BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE! Oh mama!

View Quote LIFE! DO YOU HEAR ME? GIVE MY CREATION... LIFE!

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The Producers (1968) as Leo Bloom

View Quote [reading the title of the play for the first time] "Springtime for Hitler" a gay romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden... Wow...

View Quote I'm a nothing. I spend my life counting other people's money. People I'm smarter than. Better than! I want... I want... I want everything I've ever seen in the movies!

View Quote Ooh, I fell on my keys...

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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) as Dave Lyons

View Quote Today, I threatened to shoot a naked woman with my erection. That doesn't happen every day.

View Quote We're in a warehouse, and you just hit a cow. I think we better back up.

View Quote Did she say ship, or shit?

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Blazing Saddles (1974) as Jim, The Waco Kid

View Quote What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?

View Quote What did you expect? "Welcome, sonny"? "Make yourself at home"? "Marry my daughter?" You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know...morons.

View Quote Well, my name's Jim. But most people call me...Jim.

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Silver Streak (1976) as George Caldwell

View Quote You stupid, ignorant, son of a bitch, dumb bastard! Jesus Christ, I met some dumb bastards in time, but you outdo them all! Get over there!

View Quote [running gag whenever he's ejected from the train in any manner] Son of a bitch!

View Quote George: Milk her? I've never milked a cow before.
Rita: Cut the gas, Steve, you're a grown man. I'm sure you've had some similar experience. [laughs] Look, you just sit down, take a tit in each hand and let nature take its course.

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Stir Crazy (1980) as Skip Donahue

View Quote Skip Donahue: We tried to teach him Charades! He didn't get it! He just didn't get it!

View Quote Skip Donahue: What are you doing?
Harry Monroe: I'm gettin' bad. You better get bad, Jack. 'Cause if you ain't bad, you're gonna get ****.

View Quote Skip Donahue: I want a bigger cell! With better ventilation!
Deputy Ward Wilson: Why? Grossberger been farin' on ya?

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