Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation... 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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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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Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award... 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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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre... 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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It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful... view

By: Billy Wilder

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What critics call dirty in our pictures, they call lusty in foreign films... 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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Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood... view

By: Billy Wilder

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