If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
BILLY WILDERIf something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
BILLY WILDERFrance is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can’t tear the toilet paper.
BILLY WILDERYou’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done.
BILLY WILDERHindsight is always twenty-twenty.
BILLY WILDEREighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.
BILLY WILDERI hate that word. It’s return–a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
BILLY WILDERShoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
BILLY WILDERMoney makes even bastards legitimate.
BILLY WILDERI just always think, ‘Do I like it?’ And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.
BILLY WILDEROne’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
BILLY WILDERI am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it’s getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous.
BILLY WILDERThe only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.
BILLY WILDERAfter so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along come class; somebody who actually went to school, can spell, maybe even plays the piano.
BILLY WILDERHappiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
BILLY WILDERMake subtlety obvious.
BILLY WILDERIf there’s anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it’s being taken too seriously.
BILLY WILDER