Overview
In this 2010 interview actor, writer and director Gene Wilder talks about his life from his childhood through drama school, theatre 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 and the Chocolate Factory' (1971), why 'Young Frankenstein' (1975) is his favorite 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.
