I don’t go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.
BILLY WILDERWriters became much more important when sound came in, but they’ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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I just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
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Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
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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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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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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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Jerry: Oh, you don’t understand, Osgood! Ehhhh… I’m a man. Osgood: Well, nobody’s perfect.
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I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.
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The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
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If something smells bad, why put your nose in it?
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[about the Hotel Marmont on Sunset Blvd., a piece of Hollywood history] I would rather sleep in a bathroom than in another hotel.
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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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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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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
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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.
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[on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.
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