She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift.
BILLY WILDERA bad play folds and is forgotten, but in pictures we don’t bury our dead. When you think it’s out of your system, your daughter sees it on television and says, My father is an idiot.
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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Well, nobody’s perfect.
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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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God save me from myself.
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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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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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One’s too many and a hundred’s not enough.
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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 met a lot of hard-boiled eggs in my life, but you – you’re twenty minutes.
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A bad play folds and is forgotten, but in pictures we don’t bury our dead. When you think it’s out of your system, your daughter sees it on television and says, My father is an idiot.
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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 just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
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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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Make subtlety obvious.
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Marilyn was mean. Terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever met around this town. I have never met anybody as mean as Marilyn Monroe or as utterly fabulous on the screen.
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They’ve tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won’t work. She was an original.
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