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    <body><![CDATA[Amazing, amazing, amazing. I've always loved Gene Wilder, and usually I shy away from autobios by people I love, just for the simple fact that I might end up not liking them as much once I hear them speak. But Gene Wilder is Gene Wilder, and I snatched this up as soon as I found it.<br/><br/>I was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4282620">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Though I enjoy his movies, I would not consider myself a Gene Wilder fan.  I'm not sure I've ever thought about him outside the characters he's portrayed.  It was kind of a weird experience reading the life story of a complete stranger, especially one as brutally honest as this.  Wilder tiptoes arou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37643971">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Before reading this book, I was a huge fan of Gene Wilder and included him on my list of &quot;Celebrities I'd Like to Get a Drink With.&quot; I am still a fan of and believe that he is one of the funniest actors ever, but I no longer want to have a drink with him. Why? Because this book made me rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28159512">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very sweet book about a very interesting and funny man. Gene Wilder was my first crush, and reading this relatively short autobiography made me fall in love with him all over again. He touches on all the fine points of what made him get into acting and then into writing and directing. He ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52343871">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[to think all I really knew about Gene Wilder before reading this book was he'd been in Willy Wonka and some movies with Mel Brooks.  sigh.  He's an amazing human, writes beautifully, and has experienced so much.<br/><br/>He has had such an amazing life, and it was awesome to read about his descrip...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18286115">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'll admit to being biased about this book. I love Gene Wilder as an actor, and I was willing to love him as a writer. That the book turned out to be revealing, tender, and well-written made it an irresistible combination. More of a memoir than an autobiography, Wilder doesn't pull punches with hims...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38694273">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm hung way up on Gene Wilder.  He's not a terrible writer, either.  He sounds like you would expect him to sound, and I liked his story.  I had read the autobiography of his late wife, Gilda Radner, as well, which focused on her battle with ovarian cancer, and I liked that their accounts of their ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45312726">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The acting lesson...seems so simple, yet it inspired me for the rest of my career: if the thing you're doing is really funny, you don't need to &quot;act funny&quot; while doing it.&quot;<br/><br/>&quot;...truly looking and truly listening has always been the heart and soul of any good actor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16477348">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[You can clearly hear his voice narrating this book. An insightful look into his life by the defining moments in it. It's not trite like a lot of autobiographies. For a man who has stayed out of the spotlight, he really shares himself with us. I was touched as his candor and the lessons I could learn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62908624">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A revelation of a simple man with a deep heart and a passion for life, truth and the people around him. <br/><br/>Gene and I share a common &quot;Demon&quot; and his willingness to expose that &quot;demon&quot; was a huge blessing to me during this season of my life. ]]></body>
    
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