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Kiss Me Like A Stranger
Gene Wilder
My Search for Love and Art
St. Martin's Press
March 2005
Featuring: Gene Wilder
272 pages
ISBN: 031233706X
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this personal book from the star of many beloved and
classic film comedies -- from The Producers to
Young Frankenstein, Blazing saddles to Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- Gene Wilder writes
about a side of his life the public hasn't seen on the
screen. Kiss Me Like a Stranger is not an
autobiography in the usual sense of the word, and it's
certainly not another celebrity "tell-all." Instead, Wilder
has chosen to write about resonant moments in his life,
events that led him to an understanding of the art of
acting, and -- more important -- to an understanding of how
to give love to and receive love from a woman. Wilder writes compellingly about the creative process on
stage and screen, and divulges moments from life on the
sets of some of the most iconic movies of our time. In this book, he talks about everything from his
experiences in psychoanalysis to why he got into acting and
later comedy (his first goal was to be a Shakespearean
actor), and how a Midwestern childhood with a sick mother
changed him. Wilder explains why he became an actor and
writer, and about the funny, wonderful movies he made with
Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, and Harrison Ford,
among many others. He candidly reveals his failures in
love, and writes about the overwhelming experience of
marrying comedienne Gilda Radner, as well as what finally
had to happen for him to make a true and lasting commitment
to another woman. A thoughtful, revealing, and winsome book about life, love,
and the creative process, Kiss Me Like A Stranger is
one actor's life in his own words.
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