I'm stopped by mothers who say, 'Mr. Wilder, what advice would you give to my young boy? He's really talented.'

A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.'

Mr. Wilder says he would rather have me help than any man he ever sawed with. And, believe me, I learned how to take care of hens and to make them lay.

My favorite author is Anton Chekhov, not so much for the plays but for his short stories, and I think he was really my tutor.

I'm going to tell you what my religion is. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Period. Terminato. Finito.

Everybody has a right to their own troubles.