I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.
BILLY WILDERThe Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
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The Austrians are brilliant people. They made the world believe that Hitler was a German and Beethoven an Austrian.
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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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If you don’t like what you’re doing, it’s unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
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God save me from myself.
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An actor entering through the door, you’ve got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you’ve got a situation.
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If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.
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I never overestimate the audience, nor do I underestimate them. I just have a very rational idea as to who we’re dealing with, and that we’re not making a picture for Harvard Law School.
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I met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you – you’re twenty minutes.
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[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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She may be a wispy, thin little thing, but when you see that girl, you know you’re really in the presence of something. In that league there’s only ever been Garbo, and the other Hepburn, and maybe Bergman. It’s a rare quality, but boy, do you know when you’ve found it.
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The best director is the one you don’t see.
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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
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She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift.
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One’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
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