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The full interview is available here : youtu.be/aBl6WN92NucGene Wilder: Be In The Moment, Today (2009)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Actor, writer and director Gene Wilder talks about his life from his childhood through drama school, theater and cinema, studying at the Actors Studio, his first big breaks in 1967 with ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘The Producers’, his relationships with Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor, playing Willy Wonka in ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ (1971), why ‘Young Frankenstein’ (1975) is his favourite film, the controversial scene from ‘Silver Streak’ (1976), his marriage to Gilda Radner, why he retired from acting to write novels and what he has learned along the way.
00:00 - Intro 01:34 - Why I thought I could make people laugh 02:55 - Why I wanted to become an actor 04:45 - Being bullied at the military academy 05:58 - The impact of my mother’s illness 07:19 - My parents reaction to wanting to become an actor 08:50 - Meeting your idols: Lee J. Cobb in ‘Death of a Salesman’ 11:37 - Acting studies and going to England 15:07 - The Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg 18:46 - Realizing my strength was comedy not drama 20:52 - Getting into movies: ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘The Producers’ 25:34 - Meeting Zero Mostel 29:18 - Mel Brooks as a director 30:14 - Why 'Springtime for Hitler' became 'The Producers' 31:32 - The Academy Award nomination 32:29 - ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ 34:48 - 'Young Frankenstein' 37:11 - Casting Peter Boyle and Gene Hackman 38:52 - Arguing for 'Putting on the Ritz' 39:49 - Knowing when something is funny 42:52 - Becoming a director 45:25 - 'Silver Streak' and meeting Richard Pryor 47:11 - 'Silver Streak' - the shoe-polish scene 51:14 - The Black and White ‘double-act’ of Pryor and Wilder 53:17 - Gilda Radner 01:00:21 - Loss and Love 01:02:01 - Ironies and LifeGene Wilder - Why I thought I could make people laugh (01/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Why I wanted to become an actor (02/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Being bullied at the military academy (03/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - The impact of my mother’s illness (04/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - My parents reaction to becoming an actor (05/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Lee J. Cobb in ‘Death of a Salesman’ (06/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Acting studies and going to England (07/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - The Actors Studio and Lee Strasberg (08/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Realizing my strength was comedy (09/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Getting into movies: ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ and ‘The Producers’ (10/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Meeting Zero Mostel (11/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Mel Brooks as a director (12/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Why Springtime for Hitler became The Producers (13/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - The Academy Award nomination (14/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ (15/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Young Frankenstein (16/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Casting Peter Boyle and Gene Hackman (17/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Arguing for Putting on the Ritz (18/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Knowing when something is funny (19/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Becoming a director (20/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Silver Streak and meeting Richard Pryor (21/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Silver Streak - the shoe-polish scene (22/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | - WARNING: This video contains language which may be offensive to some viewers -
Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - The Black and White ‘double-act’ of Pryor and Wilder (23/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Gilda Radner (24/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Loss and Love (25/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
The full interview is available here : youtu.be/tVzwVb2wqk0Gene Wilder - Ironies and Life (26/26)KGSM MediaCache2024-01-09 | Gene Wilder interviewed at his home in Stamford, Connecticut. 17 December 2009
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