I 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 WILDERA director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.
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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.
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The best director is the one you don’t see.
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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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You’re as good as the best thing you’ve ever done.
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You know, that stuff about pink elephants, that’s the bunk. It’s little animals. Little tiny turkeys in straw hats. Midget monkeys coming through the keyholes.
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My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu.
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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
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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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Writers became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
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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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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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Develop a clean line of action for your leading character
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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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