Celebrities Pay Their Respects To Gene Wilder

With yesterday’s sad news of Gene Wilder passing away at the age of 83, many actors turned to twitter to share their memories of the star. Read a few below:

Gene Wilder-One of the truly great talents of our time. He blessed every film we did with his magic & he blessed me with his friendship.

— Mel Brooks (@MelBrooks) August 29, 2016

Gene Wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form. If there’s a heaven he has a Golden Ticket. ;^)

— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) August 29, 2016

R.I.P Gene Wilder. As funny as they come.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) August 29, 2016

When Gene Wilder walked into the meeting with that incredible perm in THE WOMAN IN RED, and he didn’t even reference it. #RIP

— Mark Duplass (@MarkDuplass) August 29, 2016

“Good Day Sir!”
RIP Gene Wilder

— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) August 29, 2016

Gene Wilder–
There are no words–
Artist
Inspirer
and
Hilarious
just
Brilliantly brilliant

— Jeffrey Tambor (@jeffreytambor) August 29, 2016

“Nowhere special. I always wanted to go there.” #RIP #GeneWilder

— Taran Killam (@TaranKillam) August 29, 2016

RIP Gene Wilder – truly one of the greatest! pic.twitter.com/shNEkvDshP

— Michael Buckley (@buckhollywood) August 29, 2016

Gene Wilder acted at a different frequency than any other. He was always a moment away from tenderness or hysteria. What an original.

— alan tudyk (@AlanTudyk) August 29, 2016

A moment of silence for the master of the comedic pause.
Gene Wilder: funny doing something & funny doing nothing. pic.twitter.com/d5iySZVll6

— edgarwright (@edgarwright) August 29, 2016

Gene Wilder.An inspiration.His performances had guts,originality&perfect timing.Original characters all with soul. pic.twitter.com/CLCo9kuWIe

— Vincent D’Onofrio (@vincentdonofrio) August 29, 2016

Forever a great comedy film duo Dad and #GeneWilder RIP pic.twitter.com/SBPtgJ9Eux

— Rain Pryor (@RainPryor) August 29, 2016

A genius I stole from constantly, and one I was humbled & thrilled to work with. RIP #GeneWilder pic.twitter.com/hCFyET1jji

— Eric McCormack (@EricMcCormack) August 29, 2016

RIP to the legendary Gene Wilder. 2016 has been painful so far. pic.twitter.com/7nbqY7Unva

— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) August 29, 2016

Re all the mentions of Gilda with Gene Wilder’s passing, remember Karen, his wife of the past 25 years. True love: pic.twitter.com/pD39FuiRFH

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) August 29, 2016