I just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
BILLY WILDEROne’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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One’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
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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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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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I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.
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The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.
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Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
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Well, nobody’s perfect.
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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can’t tear the toilet paper.
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After 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.
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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
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We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
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Happiness is working with Jack Lemmon.
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My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
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The forest of Compiegne. Look at it. Like a kind grandmother dozing in her rocking chair. Old trees practicing curtsies in the wind because they still think Louis XIV is king.
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