Gene Wilder movie quotes

“- Skip Donahue: Did you sleep any better last night?
- Harry Monroe: No. I got a couple of winks between nightmares.”
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“- Skip Donahue: She's not for you.
- Harry Monroe: What do you mean, she's not for me?
- Skip Donahue: Harry, Nancy is a fascinating girl. She may be the single hottest girl on the East Side. But when you wake up in the morning you'll find that she's not a very serious person.
- Harry Monroe: Neither am I!”
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“- Kate Hellman: Do something!
- Michael Jordon: I am doing something! I'm crashing an airplane!”
Gilda Radner - Kate Hellman
Gene Wilder - Michael Jordon

“- Mrs. Teevee: I think I'm going to be seasick!
- Willy Wonka: [handing something to Mrs. Teevee] Here, take these.
- Mrs. Teevee: What are they?
- Willy Wonka: Rainbow drops. Suck them and you can spit in seven different colors!”
Nora Denney - Mrs. Teevee
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“Today I threatened to shoot a naked woman with my erection.”
Gene Wilder - Dave

“- Harry Monroe: You think this is The Count Of Monte Cristo or something, man? We're in trouble. This is the real deal! We're in deep shit!
- Skip Donahue: Harry, you and I are innocent. You know that. I know that. And somewhere outside, the two guys who really pulled that bank job know it too.
- Harry Monroe: But, the cops don't know it!”
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue

“- Skip Donahue: Just picture this. You and me - and two girls. Romping through the desert. Splashing into the ocean. And the moonlight is out. And, we just catch a glimpse of their bodies when the moonlight hits their breasts. And we watch those breasts just bounce gently - to and fro.
- Harry Monroe: And sand?
- Skip Donahue: After the water,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“- Skip Donahue: I want a bigger cell! With better ventilation!
- Deputy Ward Wilson: Why? Grossberger's been fartin' on ya?”
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Craig T. Nelson - Deputy Ward Wilson

From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, "I am man", our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality.
Gene Wilder - Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

“No other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall. But it's the only way if you want it just right.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“For some moments in life, there are no words.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“- Dave: Who are you talking to?
- Wally: I'm talking to you, you prick.
- Dave: Why don't you look me in the eye and say that?
- Wally: I would if I could but I can't, I'm blind.
- Dave: You're blind?
- Wally: Yes I'm blind, what are you, fucking deaf?
- Dave: Yes, I'm fucking deaf!
- Wally: You're really deaf?
- Dave: I'm really deaf.
- Wally:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Wilder - Dave
Richard Pryor - Wally

“So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it. Thank you.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“- Avram: When those men were shooting at you, I ran to save the Torah.
- Tommy: So? I understand that. You're a man of God. I understand that.
- Avram: I wasn't thinking about God. I didn't do it because of God. I don't know one thing about God. I was thinking about a book. I cared more for a book than I did for my best friend. I don't know if...” (continue)(continue reading)
Gene Wilder - Avram
Harrison Ford - Tommy

“- Igor: There, wolf. There, castle.
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Why are you talking that way?
- Igor: I thought you wanted to.
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, I don't want to.
- Igor: [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.”
Marty Feldman - Igor
Gene Wilder - Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

“Did she say ship, or shit?”

Gene Wilder - Dave

“If the good Lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka

“- Jesus Ramirez: They accused me of robbing several banks. But, no way! I was drunk and all; but I'm positive I only robbed one bank. How about you?
- Skip Donahue: Oh, my friend and I were doing this song and dance act...
- Jesus Ramirez: Oh, must have been pretty bad.”
Miguel Ángel Suárez - Jesus Ramirez
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue

“Now you think this would frighten me. Well it doesn't. Because I know this is just a filthy figment of my diseased imagination. All I have to do is simply reach out my hand and touch it!”
Gene Wilder - Larry Abbot

“- 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 fucked.”
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“- Skip Donahue: I wonder what triggered all that violence? He seems so gentle. I see what it is. Nobody has ever just sat down and honestly talked to that man. Poor kid.
- Rory: I wouldn't sit with him. And I killed my step daddy.”

Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Georg Stanford Brown - Rory Schultebrand

“- Willy Wonka: Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.
- Charlie: What happened?
- Willy Wonka: He lived happily ever after.”
Gene Wilder - Willy Wonka
Peter Ostrum - Charlie

“- Teddy Pierce: Do you realize you could have shot me?
- Didi Pierce: I would never do that... not without good reason!”
Gene Wilder - Teddy Pierce
Judith Ivey - Didi Pierce

“- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [pointing to Igor's hump] Good man. Didn't you, didn't you use to have that on the other side?
- Igor: What?
- Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Your, uh, oh nevermind.”
Gene Wilder - Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
Marty Feldman - Igor