A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood... view

By: Billy Wilder

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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre... view

By: Billy Wilder

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One's too many, and a hundred's not enough... view

By: Billy Wilder

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Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon... view

By: Billy Wilder

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If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously... view

By: Billy Wilder

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France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper... view

By: Billy Wilder

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Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting... view

By: Billy Wilder

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I've met a lot of hardboiled eggs in my time, but you're twenty minutes... view

By: Billy Wilder

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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius... view

By: Billy Wilder

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I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel... view

By: Billy Wilder

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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning... view

By: Billy Wilder

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I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut... view

By: Billy Wilder

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