My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu.
BILLY WILDERDevelop a clean line of action for your leading character
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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Love is the hardest thing in the world to write about. So simple. You’ve got to catch it through details, like the early morning sunlight hitting the gray tin of the rain spout in front of her house.
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Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood’s Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town.
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If you’re going to tell people the truth, be funny or they’ll kill you.
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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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If there’s anything I hate more than not being taken seriously, it’s being taken too seriously.
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One’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
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The best director is the one you don’t see.
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[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
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I just always think, ‘Do I like it?’ And if I like it, maybe other people will come and like it too.
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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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Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
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I hate that word. It’s return–a return to the millions of people who’ve never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
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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.
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I just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
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