We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre.
BILLY WILDERMy Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
More Billy Wilder Quotes
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Money makes even bastards legitimate.
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I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.
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Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.
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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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We’re making a picture for middle-class people, the people that you see on the subway, or the people that you see in a restaurant. Just normal people.
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The best director is the one you don’t see.
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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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Develop a clean line of action for your leading character
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I just made pictures I would’ve liked to see.
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Well, nobody’s perfect.
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Make subtlety obvious.
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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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The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
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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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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.
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